Micro ATX / water cooled question

[Wonderman]

I have a Sony Desktop water cooled case that is running a Pentium D dual
core 2.8 - pretty high temp chip. The chip has no fan just an alum. plate
and four copper tubes running to a heat sink with a fan about 120MM. I am
not certain how the alum. plate is adhered to the MB other than there are
four posts at each corner with a tall Philips head screw. The chip position
appears to be the same as I have a micro ATX MB and will replace it with the
same.

I'd like to upgrade the MB to a quad chip and from what I understand newer
chips are running cooler than the one I have. And I'd like to keep the case
and the rest of the components. I need to avoid the expense of a new
machine.



Will my water cooled system handle the heat from a quad ? Are these two
chips the same height off the MB ?

 

[Wonderman]

Thank you for your reply -

This is the exact cooler -

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&Item=180333331755&Category=101194


Seems like the wattage wont be that much of an issue. I'll have to get a
drawing of the new MB and compare but it seems like I can do this. I
figured there was a back plate on the reverse side to grab the screws. I'll
just need to acurately compare the two boards for the location of the chip.

Thanks again !