Theres not really a problem, but why? when you can get a board with better chipset cooling which is not so compact offering better heat dissipation for the same price. There no point in getting a m-atx board if your not using a m-atx case, of course i can' tell you what to decide but your better off going with a standard atx. Either way the gene has all the nice features for nice overclocks but i have heard the NB gets really hot. 70c + in tests or something. but these comments seem to be mixed. Could just be incorrect readings from software