Above the PCI socket section is the northbridge heatsink covering the AMD 870. This is a tall but fairly compact passive heatsink so it'll be interesting to see how it copes.
Northbridge heatsink.
To the left of the northbridge heatsink is a supplemental PCIe 6-pin style socket. This will help provide additional power to the PCIe sockets that are in use.
6-pin PCIe power connector.
The mosfet heatsink is an imposing unit that spans the entire length of the I/O plate to cool the 8+2 phase power system. Also present is a USB 3.0 socket for connecting to the provided breakout socket.
Mosfet sink.
Behind that heatsink is the boards 8-pin 12v ATX connector.
8-pin ATX 12v.
Finally we get to the I/O plate. Due to the lack of an onboard GPU the it isn't as tightly packed as board I've reviewed recently. You get two PS2 sockets to cover 'ye olde' keyboards and mice, a very useful clear CMOS button (invaluable in the event of a hard reset being required), both an optical and coaxial digital connector and no fewer than six USB 2.0 sockets. You also get a firewire socket, gigabit LAN socket, USB 3.0 socket and the standard multi channel audio sockets.
I/O plate.
