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Review:
Abit
BX 6 Revision 2.0 7.25.99
The soon to be classic BX 6 revision 2 motherboard can easily tame even the most savvy speed freaks. With a system BUS capable of going as high as 153 MHz, it’s possible to achieve some outrageous clock speeds – assuming the processor and RAM can handle it. Just to give you an idea of what’s possible, say that someone has a super cooled system with a Pentium III running at 500 MHz (5*100), also assume that the person has some insanely fast RAM. Now, if the system bus is set at the maximum of 153 MHz, the processor can achieve a speed of 765 MHz – pretty impressive. A number that high isn’t really feasible right now, but with 200MHz RAM gearing up to hit the market place, it will be very soon. For those of you who want more than speed, the features don’t stop with the system bus. The most obvious is the 5/2/1 slot configuration. The BX6 sports 5 PCI slots, 2 ISA, and a place for your AGP card, so there's plenty of room to upgrade. Another area where the BX6 excels
is in its layout. Everything has been made to be easily
accessible. The IDE interfaces are located at the back
of the motherboard, with the SDRAM slots located directly in
front of them. The PCI, AGP and ISA slots are positioned
on the opposite side, which makes switching your sound, video,
or modem cards a cinch. With all of the things that can
be inside of a computer, it’s nice to see that the SEC slot
has been positioned in a location that is at a distance from
most of the loose cables and general clutter found inside of
a case. For people who have (highly overclockable) Celeron
processors, mounting brackets are included so the CPU can’t
be jarred loose. --- Tech Specs ---
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