This is the overclocker’s dream board. With Abit’s Soft Menu, a plethora of bus speeds to choose from, selectable voltages and hardware monitoring, the BX6 II is placed at the top of the pack.
Floppy port supports up to 2.88MB and mode 3 floppies
Ultra DMA/33 IDE supports up to 4 devices (Including LS-120)
Two USB connectors
Two 16550 fast UART serial ports
Built-in Standard/ECP/EPP parallel port
PS/2 mouse and keyboard connectors
IrDA Infrared port header (not external)
Wake-On-LAN header
Wake-On-Ring header
SB-Link Header
Form Factor
ATX (12" x 8.5")
Miscellaneous
Intel 440BX chipset
CPU SOFT MENU II
Award BIOS
Supports ACPI and Soft-OFF functions
Motherboard temp, CPU temp, system and CPU fan speed, and voltages monitoring
Keyboard and Mouse wake-up
Y2k compliant
Boot Options
A, C, SCSI C, A, SCSI C, CD-ROM, A CD-ROM, C, A D, A, SCSI (At least 2 IDE HDD can be used) E, A, SCSI (At least 2 IDE HDD can be used) F, A, SCSI (At least 2 IDE HDD can be used) SCSI, A, C SCSI, C, A A, SCSI, C LS/ZIP, C
Summary
Price Street $110 (about)
+ Stability & Compatibility Feature Variety CPU/System temp. Voltage Control
- Still a little high in price but this should change over time.
Overall One of the better, if not best overclocking board.
Setup as tested:
See below
History of the BX6 II
Abit really started to draw attention in the motherboard world with their introduction of the LX6, which included Soft Menu and a pseudo 100MHz bus setting. This board quickly became popular was an extremely stable 75 and 83.3 Mhz setting. They improved on the LX6 with the introduction of the BX6 version 1. Based off of Intel’s BX chipset, it brought even more light and credibility to Abit’s engineering capabilities. This was just the beginning; next the BH6 rolled out and became probably the top board for overclocking. Coupled with a Celeron 300a and the board’s abilities to up the CPU core voltage in .1 volt increments placed Abit at the forefront of the overclocker’s dream. Most companies would have been happy with this standing, not Abit…
Setup
There have been reports that the BX6 II is not stable above 133MHz or 138MHz; not true. The problem is memory and so I tried many combinations to find the right mix.
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