The Sharkster is mightily impressed with the Itanium processor family and architecture. Actually, that is something of an understatement. Best to quote directly: "The Itanium has a complex, bleeding edge, forward looking processor family that holds promise for huge gains in processing power... If Intel can deliver, expect to see blood in the enterprise server water."

So there.

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For all you overclocking peeps, Chris Tom over at Socket A has reviewed the MSI K7T Pro2 board. Given its reputation as a good 'un, how did it perform? No ATA/100 support, but about standard price-wise. And even these not so glowing factors failed to knock more than half a point off this one. 9.5/10.

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Get your browser over to Hardware OC for a chance to win a TBird OC'd to 1.4GHz with an OCZ Monster 2 cooler. And while you are there for the free stuff , check out their thoughts about extra RAID. Worth the cash if you are a BIG gaming fan, but other wise keep you wallet in your pocket. Click here to find out why.

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And Tech Report have reviewed the KT7 series from ABit. Much to Kyle's relief over at HardOCP. The review got the Kyle stamp of approval, so have a butchers. For your interest here is Kyle's own take on it, for comparison.

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Last but not least there is a little look at a set of headphones - the thing to have at all the best LAN parties, we are assured, over at Overclockers. Everybody needs to accessorise - even gamers. So check it out here. ®

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