Abit BP6 Motherboard

Pros: BX stability, multiple processors, and FCPGA capable
Cons: Not the newest solution, but still the easiest

The venerable BP6. You either love it or hate it. I have had a BP6 for about a year and a half now, and it is simply unstoppable. I put all my computers under 100% load, 24/7, and it never faltered. It is a wonderful thing that I can set this board...

Pros: Awesome performance at its time
Cons: Old now, lack of CPU upgrade options.

I bought this board in December of 1999, with two Celeron 366 MHz processors.

Several months before, I had helped my friend duplicate the original dual celeron hack , involving soldering wires and drilling tiny holes in two slot 1 celeron...

Pros: Great features
Cons: Not stable

I bought the BP6 to build a cheap but powerful computer. I think this is the audience for the BP6 -- especially over-clockers.

At first I was very excited by the BP6. It has dual processing, ATA/66 support, and SoftMenu support for...

Pros: First dual soc370 board ever. 4 ide controllers
Cons: the IDE was pain to get working.. especially with my IBM HD's

The Abit BP6 is one of my better purchases.
I like the BP6 even though I'm only currently running in single CPU mode..
I'm soon switching to dual cpu (SMP) mode, and I know it will bust any other configuration that any of my friends have,...

Pros: Excellent performance for some applications
Cons: Problematical UDMA66 support, and not quite as great performance on many applications

Summary: I'm really happy with my purchase, but the BP6 is not for everybody.

The BP6 is a really interesting motherboard because it allows the use of two Celeron processors at the same time (assuming your OS supports it, only WinNT, Win2k,...

Pros: BX Chipset
Cons: No FCPGA compatibility

I originally bought this board in late 1999 for a system I was building. There weren't a lot of Socket 370 boards on the market, and the BP6 was one of the only ones without integrated video. I bought it for the proven BX chipset and the onboard ATA66...

Pros: Onboard Temp. Monitor, 27 FSB Settingsm Onboard Ultra ATA 66
Cons: Bad ATX connector placement.

Yet again, Abit has impressed us as the overclocking leader!. They are the only company to bring us a dual Socket 370 motherboard. Kiss your slotket's good-bye, because you're not going to need them! Not only that, you want onboard Ultra ATA66 support?...

Pros: Inexpensive way to dabble in SMP and Linux, very fast.
Cons: Stability issues, driver problems

I bought my BP6 a few months ago, with aspirations to build a cheap, SMP-capable system. I bought two Celeron 366 chips that were pre-tested to 550mhz, and a few Alpha heatsinks. After getting everything installed, I loaded Windows 2000 Professional, and...

Pros: 2 Celeron CPUs!! Cheap MHz!!!!
Cons: 2nd IDE controller kinda sucks...

Ya, this board is pretty good... The first one I recieved would not save any of the BIOS changes after a power down, got it replaced and have been happy with it ever since. The only thing I really don't like about this board is the chipset for the 2nd...

Pros: Good Price, good design, great for overclocking
Cons: none

This product is awesome, you get to use SMP with celerons. Most dual boards are expensive, but this board is in a good price range. It even supports the new FC-PGA PIII's with the use an adaptor. It has software FSB controls for easy overclocking....

Pros: Serious bang for the buck
Cons: Rev 1.1 motherboard reputed to have serious design flaw.

Lets get real on this motherboard....is it for newbies, is it for pros only? Well it is for both. Abit has come up with a dual celeron system that is a no-brainer to install. I personally encountered no difficulties with installation of the Rev. 1.0...

Pros: dual celerons, ultra dma66 controller
Cons: bx chipset

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...

Pros: Dual Celeron, Great Overclocking Flexibility
Cons: Very Unstable

Six months ago the only thing we poor gamers could afford were Intel Celeron processors. They are a great value with speed close to their big brothers the Pentium II's. When I saw the Abit BP6 with dual Celeron support and wonderful overclocking...

Pros: Stable, cheap, powerful, easy to use
Cons: None

Have you ever felt like you paid too much for a computer? With Abit BP6, I certainly did not. In fact, I feel I paid too little for the powerful machine I just built.

Abit BP6 is one of the most stable, easy to use, feature-filled motherboard...

Pros: Easiest way to SMP Celeron
Cons: Not compatible with Celeron II

As an overclocker, ABIT has long been one of my favorite motherboard manufacturers. From the socket 7 days, when ABIT first started allowing bus speeds ( and back then, clock multipliers ) to be adjusted through bios settings instead of through jumpers,...