ABIT IC7-MAX3 SecureIDE

ABIT IC7-MAX3 SecureIDE

if you look at the pics in the word document :

http://img.hexus.net/rys/max3.doc

check out the funky cooling on the motherboard! and the pics showing how hot it get's without that cooling!!! that's pretty crazy!

i'm personally not much of a fan of fans - as they aren't 100% reliable , and if they are needed and then fail, then it's likely that your system might fry. so if you can develop a system that doesn't need fans (eg no fan on northbrigde etc, or no fan on gfx card) then it's more likely to last for a long time, because there's no chance of the fan failing.

but saying that, the motherboard does look cool :)