A First Look

Upon receiving the AN8, I was immediately struck by the almost OTT box! A sleek charcoal colour coats the main part of the box, with a stylish white hash/scratching effect along some of the edges. The top and sides sport John Wendel’s Fatal1ty logo, alon with the name of the board. The top shows the compatible processors for the boad, along with some of its more notable features, such as its Nforce4 chipset and that this board is SLI ready.

The back of the box goes into much more depth than the front does. Detailing the features of the board with arrows pointing to the certain parts of the board - on a large picture of the board - that the text is describing.

The front of the box also lifts up to provide a close up view of some of the motherboards features. This “Under Lid” surface has some clear plastic which show straight through to some of the board’s highlights, with little descriptions to tell you what they are.

After sliding out the main box containing the motherboard you are given a view of the entire board and its little extras, the sound card and SLI bridge.

Once you have removed this tray there are two boxed underneath the mainboard’s box. The first of these contains the uGuru panel and its peripherals, and the other contains the instruction manual, driver CD and a few miscellaneous cables.

As you can see, you get quite a hefty pack when laying out for a Fatal1ty AN8, lots of goodies, Woo!