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The whole shooting match arrives in a large, attractive black box with suitably stylish green highlights and the Deluxe Limited logo in deluxe, silver embossed print. Swanky. Much like DFI's recent LanParty KT400A box, it's a multi layered affair when you finally get it open.
Erk, I got it open and thought that Leadtek were having a giggle. Bare cardboard, a couple of manuals and the CD's for the hardware are all that greet you when you prise it open. But all is not as it seems. Remove the goodies and lift up the first layer to reveal the board itself, wrapped in a protective anti-static bag.
Removing the motherboard from its section of the packaging and you get access to the final layer. Not even posh chocolates usually have a 3rd layer of goodness, Leadtek are spoiling us.
The ACR card hides in an anti-static bag on the left, SATA power, Toslink optical cable, SP-DIF coax output backplate and the ATX I/O shielf hide on the right. Then at the top we have all the cables needed to hook devices up to the board. A pair of red SATA cables, red rounded-PATA and a red rounded-floppy cable wrap things up. It would have been nice to have a pair of PATA cables, but one isn't bad given the quality. Leadtek are counting on you using SATA to hook up hard drives, and the long PATA cable for any opticals.
Here's a shot of the ACR card to round things off, picture wise.
So bundle wise, there's not much that's missing. The PATA cable's length and quality just about makes up for there only being one, and the rounded floppy cable is a welcome addition. Two lots of SATA data and a single SATA power let you get your drives up and running, and the ACR card, optical cable (usually about £10 on their own, for the length) and SP-DIF output bracket round off a very impressive bundle. Presentation is excellent.
Impressive stuff from Leadtek bundle and presentation wise, thumbs up, very Deluxe indeed. BIOS and manual next.
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