wow, Abit engineers worked overtime this time
Written: Jun 01 '00
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Pros: dual celerons, ultra dma66 controller
Cons: bx chipset
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| wilco42's Full Review: Abit BP6 Motherboard |
when i first saw the abit BP6 all i could say was: ooof. after i stopped drooling, i pulled it out of its box to see if it lived up to its specs. and guess what? it does.
powered by the intel 440bx chipset, there are a couple of striking features on this motherboard. first, it's a dual celeron motherboard. abit motherboards have long since been known for their ease of use for overclockers. while i don't condone the practice, to experiment with various settings is ridiculously easy with abit's jumperless cpu settings in the bios. the second striking feature is that the BP6 has an ultra dma66 ide controller built into the motherboard. that means that you can take advantage of the latest ultra66 ide hard drives without any additional hardware. this also means that you can have a whopping number of 8 ide hard drives in your computer!
the motherboard operates with one or two CPUs and they don't even have to be the same speed, though it is recommended. the motherboard comes with the usual assortment of features (three 168-pin dimm sockets, agp (1x/2x), IrDA header, 2 usb ports, 5 pci slots, 2 isa slots, and hardware monitoring (cpu heat, fan speed, etc)) that you would expect with any modern motherboard.
if you're running windows 2000, winNT, or linux and you want an inexpensive dual processor solution, this motherboard has it all for you.
if you aren't sure if you want to run a dual processor system, but you want to run a celeron-based system and you want to take advantage of the udma66 hard drives, this motherboard is inexpensive enough to buy and use just for the controller. remember, you can drive 4 udma 66 drives AND 4 udma 33 drives for a total of 8 ide hard drives with this puppy. who knows, maybe you'll upgrade later. better safe than sorry. great motherboard, great company.
Recommended:
Yes
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