[H]ardNews 7th Edition

Dually in the Flesh:

As mentioned, we have been pretty excited about dual channel DDR on the Pentium 4 platform and we posted last night that SiS will be getting into the fray with a mainboard from Asus. Asus was kind enough to get us some photos of the board so that we could see the configuration.

[H]ardHats Still on Sale:

We have about 50 [H]ardHats left over from our special order that we announced this weekend. The page is a little slow to load as you guys will hit it pretty hard. The caps are near black, but actually navy blue and a "fitted" style so they look really nice. The "[H]" logo on the front is done in a 3D embroidery and actually stands up off the surface of the cap. Not a cheapy cap by any stretch. HackerThreads is handling the sales and delivery and we have had nothing but great feedback about them so far.

Shuttle VIA KT400:

Michael at LostCircuits finds the spare time to get a board review together. This one focuses on the Shuttle board that sports the KT400. How did it go?

The AK37GTR comes out on top of the Soyo KT400, especially with respect to the FPU bandwidth which is the highest we have seen so far on the VIA KT400 chipset.

Flat or Round:

We started making our round cables years ago to facilitate better air flow in our boxes. Since then it has got to be big biz. TheModfathers look into data transfer across dem dar round ones.

Well, the results came as a surprise to me as it is clear that not all cables are made equal.