[H]ardNews 1st Edition

Cube Steak:

Sink you teeth into this over at TechReport! They pull out yet another Shuttle mini-barebones system, this time an AMD rig based on the KM266 chipset from VIA. AGP slot onboard? Oh hell yes.

The SK41G is an impressive machine in its own right, and has the distinction of being the first Athlon-based Shuttle cube with an AGP slot. If you look at it on its own merits, it achieves very respectable performance that is on par with many full-sized desktop PC's, at least when it's paired with a good graphics card.

ABIT KT400 Review:

Joel from Sudhian Media pulls no punches with the ABIT AT7MAX2 from ABIT. I think he likes it! Here is our review for comparison. We liked it as well.

While the MAX-2 arrived on the scene a little later than some of our other KT400 boards, there's no doubt that this latecomer packs a massive punch. While its high price may deter some buyers, there's no doubt you get what you pay for.

You Winking @ Me?

Thanks Iceman.

Modding & Cooling:

Vantec Nexus Fan Controller @ SoundcardCentral - Starlight starbright @ ipKonfig - Matrix Orbital Review @ ExtremeMhz - Vantec Aeroflow TMD HSF @ PCExtreme - Mousepad get rounded up @ ViperLair

i845E Review:

DigitalDaily, deep from the heart of Russia, is serving up an Albatron review on their latest Pentium 4 board.

Then Albatron`s marketologists appeared, they overclocked the processor speed to FSB = 150 MHz (and it became 150*43=200MHz on memory) and announced about support for DDR400 memory. So we may see just another example of misleading the buyer.