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[Pedro_The_Swift]

hmm what could it be?

http://enthusiast.hardocp.com/images/articles/1201496217DLJXHs9GEf_2_4_l.jpg

http://enthusiast.hardocp.com/images/articles/1201496217DLJXHs9GEf_1_2_l.jpg

[BradM]

A Hovercraft ??

[moose]

Looks like a nerd's hovercraft:D

[Disco_owner]

Socket 775 Dual-Processor Intel MotherBoard possibly Quad-Core with 2 silent Knight CPU Coolers

[WildOne]

C'mon fella's, it's one of those new fandangled doohickey's with the duel air cooling option as standard;)

[jsp]

is it one of these?? Intel® Desktop Board D5400XS Overview (http://www.intel.com/products/motherboard/D5400XS/index.htm)



The ground-breaking Intel® Dual Socket Extreme Desktop Platform is the first dual socket desktop board from Intel, the world leader in silicon innovation. With dual CPU capability that provides up to 8 core processing, the Intel® Desktop Board D5400XS delivers unmatched performance for advanced digital media creation and editing.

The platform also delivers heart-pounding performance for multi-core enabled game titles, particularly in a multi-tasking environment where simultaneous applications need maximum processing power.

Features and benefits
Form Factor

Extended ATX (eATX) (12.00 inches by 13 inches [304.80 millimeters by 330.2 millimeters])
Processor

* Support for 45nm Intel® Core®2 Extreme processors in an LGA771 socket with a 1600 MHz system bus
* Support for both 45nm & 65nm Intel® Xeon® processors in an LGA771 socket with a 1600, 1333, or 1066 MHz system bus

Memory

* Four Fully Buffered DIMM (FBDIMM) DDR2 Module sockets
* Support for FBDIMM DDR2 800MHz, 667 MHz, DIMMs
* Support for up to 8 GB of system memory
* Support for ECC and non-ECC memory

Chipset Intel® 5400 Express Chipset
Audio

Intel® High Definition Audio subsystem in the following configuration:

* 8-channel (7.1) Dolby Home Theater Audio subsystem with five analog audio outputs and two S/PDIF digital audio outputs (coaxial and optical)

Nvidia SLI* and ATI CrossFire* multi-GPU platform support

Nvidia SLI and ATI CrossFire technology enables two graphics cards to work together for ultimate 3D gaming performance and visual quality
I/O control I/O controller for Consumer IR
LAN support

Gigabit (10/100/1000 Mbits/sec) LAN subsystem
Peripheral interfaces

* 10 USB 2.0 ports (6 external ports, 2 internal headers)
* Six Serial ATA 3.0 Gb/s ports, including 2 eSATA port with RAID support supplied by a Marvell* controller
* Two IEEE-1394a ports (1 external port, 1 internal header)
* Consumer IR receiver and emitter (via internal headers)
* One Parallel ATA IDE interface with UDMA 33, ATA-66/100 support (2 devices supported)

Expansion capabilities

* Two PCI Conventional* bus add-in card connectors (SMBus routed to both PCI Conventional bus add-in card connectors)
* Four primary PCI Express* 1.1 x16 (electrical x16) bus add-in card connector

Microsoft Windows Vista Premium* Ready

With a PC built with Intel® processors and an Intel® Desktop Board, you can experience a more responsive and manageable environment of Microsoft Windows Vista including a new visual sophistication of the Microsoft Windows Aero* interface.
Related products
Processors

* Intel® Core™2 Extreme processor
* Intel® Xeon™ processor

Chipsets

* Intel® 5400 Express Chipset

[Bushie]

Looks like a nerd's hovercraft:D


Nah! fans are facing the wrong way, it's an airboat. ;);)



Martyn

[ladas]

whats odd about it

I thought everbodys MB was like that ----- =)) :D;)

[abaddonxi]

Pretty sure it's a life support system for a gaming addict.

:D:D:D

Cheers
Simon

[Blknight.aus]

fully decked out with a couple of dozen gigs of memory, some major CPUage a hand full of graphics accellerators and a sound card

It could becapable of running windows vista with all the trimmings.

[loanrangie]

The ECU out of an RRS :p- looks fast so must be !

[cockie55]

Pedro I don't recall giving you permision to sneak a pic of my on board 2Xquad core expresso machine.....

[Pedro_The_Swift]

Pedro I don't recall giving you permision to sneak a pic of my on board 2Xquad core expresso machine.....

embargo already broken by Lotsa_Latte.com!!!!

[HangOver]

I can just imagine all the gamers rushing out to buy this "new" motherboard; don't go showing them the Quad CPU Xeon boards ;)

Those Zalman <-spelling? coolers look a bit odd, I look at a lot of these snazy new coolers and wonder if they are actually any better?

About two/three years ago a friend of mine changed his OEM intel fan for one of those cylinder type heatsinks with a fan top and bottom.
End result, slightly louder and looked really good.
A bit like an Apple laptop ;)
:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D

[Wallyb]

I use one of those Zalmans coolers in my PC.. they are quieter and keep the cpu cooler.

Zalman CNPS9700 LED Big-Ups CPU Cooling | Tom's Hardware (http://www.tomshardware.com/2006/10/16/zalman_cnps9700_led_big-ups_cpu_cooling/)

Cheers

Wally

[HangOver]

I use one of those Zalmans coolers in my PC.. they are quieter and keep the cpu cooler.
Zalman CNPS9700 LED Big-Ups CPU Cooling | Tom's Hardware (http://www.tomshardware.com/2006/10/16/zalman_cnps9700_led_big-ups_cpu_cooling/)
Cheers
Wally

That's good. Cooler is always better!

I wasn't referring to that exact cooler the one I saw looked the same but was a vertical cylinder blowing down instead of horizontal blowing across.

Being the tight Ar$* I am I just mounted a standard 80mm fan with cable ties so it blows down above the Northbridge heatsink and across the top of the standard Intel OEM fan/sink.

I really was amazed at the difference. Previously the sinks, (Northbridge mainly) where too hot to touch for long maybe 5 seconds? now they are quite cool, hardly even the temperature of tepid water.