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Abit BP6 Motherboard

Abit BP6 Motherboard

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Product Rating:Product Rating: 5.0
 

Double Power

by ttsui01 , May 15 '00
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...
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Product Rating:Product Rating: 5.0
 

wow, Abit engineers worked overtime this time

by wilco42 Epinions Most Popular Authors - Top 1000, Jun 01 '00
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...
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Product Rating:Product Rating: 5.0
 

Going Dually

by Techru , Apr 28 '00
Pros: low cost dual processor power
Cons: takes a bit of know how, but not too much
Okay, I wanted to build a custom system with Dual CPUs to take advantage of some products from AutoDesk that were SMP enhanced. Second, I didn't have a fortune to spend. And finally, I wanted it to be simple.
This Motherboard allows for all those...
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Product Rating:Product Rating: 5.0
 

ABIT - breaking the rules

by stevelarrison Epinions Most Popular Authors - Top 500, May 02 '00
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,...
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Product Rating:Product Rating: 5.0
 

A great motherboard for the overclocking enthusiast

by nerox , Jun 21 '00
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....
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Product Rating:Product Rating: 5.0
 

BP6, the old and new

by i_am_ed , Mar 08 '01
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...
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Product Rating:Product Rating: 5.0
 

You better believe it's good.

by maxxmax , Aug 21 '00
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?...
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Product Rating:Product Rating: 4.0
 

BP6: good idea, but not for everyone

by alan , Sep 14 '00
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,...
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Product Rating:Product Rating: 4.0
 

Linux Compatability

by mikemsd , Apr 30 '00
Pros: Linux compatible, FAST!, Cheap option
Cons: ATA/66 doesn't work yet
Note: Some things have changed since I wrote my review, check comments for details (thanks hbush)

I am currently using the ABit BP6 with two 433 Celerons for my server running Slackware Linux 7.0 (with SMP Kernel). Both the setup...
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Product Rating:Product Rating: 4.0
 

OK, I guess...

by da23rd , Jul 01 '00
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...
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Product Rating:Product Rating: 4.0
 

Most Excellent

by Savage13 , Jun 02 '00
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...
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Product Rating:Product Rating: 4.0
 

Abit BP6 - an older competitor

by jamaicadude , Oct 06 '00
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,...
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Product Rating:Product Rating: 4.0
 

Outclassed now, but a good board

by Granto , Dec 03 '00
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...
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Product Rating:Product Rating: 3.0
 

Good, but obsolete

by pilot1187 , Sep 02 '00
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...
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Product Rating:Product Rating: 3.0
 

A great idea, somewhat dissapointing.

by BitJockey , Jul 23 '00
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...
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