Forgive me for saying this, but not buying a board because the DIMM slots are "above the CPU socket" is a pretty stupid reason if you were to ask me...furthermore, I believe they are put above the socket in order to make room for the number of MOSFETS they put on the board which are the reason for the stable voltage given by the Lanparty boards as well as the excessive 4v vdimm capabilities
MSI would be next though