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Abit BE6-II Motherboard

Abit BE6-II Motherboard

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Product Rating:Product Rating: 4.0
 

Great Board but proceed with caution...

by vemartin Epinions Most Popular Authors - Top 50, Aug 08 '00
Pros: Easy Installation, Soft Menu II, BIOS
Cons: ATA/66 IDE Controller caused some problems under Win98/2000
Disclaimer: this review is intended for computer layman who have a very good understanding of the terms used throughout this review, and a broad understanding of main board technology.

Groan, sputter, grind, and wait....
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Product Rating:Product Rating: 4.0
 

About My Favorite MOTHERboard On MOTHER'S DAY!

by shauncool Epinions Most Popular Authors - Top 1000, May 13 '00
Pros: 8 IDE Devices, UDMA66 support, Soft-Bios
Cons: Only 1 USB Hub, No 6th PCI Slot option
I cannot think of a better topic to write about today (after midnight my time) than a motherboard – because it is now Mother’s Day! Therefore, I will talk about my favorite MOTHERboard!

WARNING: This is a review written by a...
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Product Rating:Product Rating: 5.0
 

ABIT, the overclockers best friend

by stevelarrison Epinions Most Popular Authors - Top 500, Dec 26 '99
Pros: very overclocker friendly
Cons: no 1/2 AGP support
ABIT has always encouraged people to push the limits of their machines. They do this in two ways, innovative hardware and a unique BIOS. From the days of the LX chipset when they pioneered Soft Menu and the use of 95MHz Front Side Bus speeds through...
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Product Rating:Product Rating: 4.0
 

Abit BE6-II Review

by spab , Apr 30 '01
Pros: Great price, Super stable when overclocked, Thermal heat sensor
Cons: Big coolers will block off some DIMM slots
When it comes to motherboards that caters to overclockers, very few companies does it better than Abit. Abit has dominated this arena since the introduction of the first BX6. Since then Abit has continued to improve their products to stay ahead of the...
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Product Rating:Product Rating: 4.0
 

It's 'ABit' too early to call BX dead!

by dsmeyer , Jul 19 '00
Pros: SoftMenu III, Overclocking Friendly, Supports Cel/P2/P3, Fast and Ultra-Reliable, Great Support
Cons: Minor complaints about ATA/66 controller, ACPI glitches?
A few words of caution... This is a rather lengthy review and many people will find a lot of this technical stuff hard to understand. Please don't NR it if you don't have a clue what I'm talking about. A motherboard, or any sophisticated piece...
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Product Rating:Product Rating: 4.0
 

Great motherboard except for the ATA66...

by jmoral , May 11 '00
Pros: Expandable, overclocker friendly
Cons: ATA-66 support is broken, needs another DIMM slot
I've been building computers as a hobby and professionally as well for several years. I've had experience with Asus, SuperMicro, Abit, Tyan, FIC, Micronics and Soyo motherboards. In the Slot-1 arena, the BE-6 R2 has been my favorite.

Since the...
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Product Rating:Product Rating: 5.0
 

Overclocker's Dream

by pilman , Jun 21 '00
Pros: Everything -- May be the perfect motherboard
Cons: This board is a tad small making massive heatsink/fans cover 1-2 DIMMs
This product is based on the aging 440BX chipset but is still one of the absolute best motherboards available today. The BE6-II recently came out in a 1.2 version which now supports ATA/100 along with RAID Level 0. ABit has a reputation for being a...
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Product Rating:Product Rating: 4.0
 

One of the best BX board made!

by civic2000 , Jan 26 '01
Pros: Excellent overclockers' board! Stable and rock hard solid!
Cons: ATA66 need better support
Abit's BE6 II is one of the greatest BX boards ever produced. In terms of stabilty and performance, you can never go wrong with Abit and its line of motherboards. The BE6 II one of Abit's Pentium III motherboards. Despite the the fact that the BX...
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Product Rating:Product Rating: 5.0
 

Tweak away, this board rocks

by laphaes , May 07 '00
Pros: Solid Board, Many options
Cons: more clock dividers would have been nice
This is yet another great mother from one of the greatest motherboard manufacturers around. For all you overclockers out there, the soft menu III is the greatest thing around. The ability to increment the front side bus speed in 1 Mhz increments...
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Product Rating:Product Rating: 4.0
 

Overclockers Dream

by dinquz , Jul 02 '00
Pros: Easy to understand manual, great for overclocking, great for newbies
Cons: Doesn't support all the new technology
The Abit BE6-II is a great motherboard for not only expirenced computer users such as overclockers, its a great board for beginners learning to make computers. I used the motherboard to build my first computer and it was quite simple to use. The manual...
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Product Rating:Product Rating: 5.0
 

Best MainBoard on BX chipset.

by antirail , Aug 18 '00
Pros: x
Cons: x
Abit BE6-II Best and is faster than all last that will be issued on the chip BX. SoftMenuIII tm (FSB: 66/75/83... 200MHZ, with 83 up to 200 - with a step 1ÌÃö, the voltage of a feed of a nucleus CPU is adjusted from 1.3V up to 2.3V with a step 0.05V, is...
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Product Rating:Product Rating: 4.0
 

A good buy for Slot 1 CPUs

by lhoward62 , Apr 04 '01
Pros: Good stable board with lots of potential and easy to configure.
Cons: ATA-100 Raid is marginal.
The manual for this board is large enough that I wasn't sure that I wanted to get into something so complex that it neede that much description. :-)

But, after my initial trepidation, I gave it a shot and had very little trouble in getting it...
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Product Rating:Product Rating: 5.0
 

Overclocking- STABLE

by LordSegan , Aug 14 '00
Pros: Overclockable, stable, supported
Cons: HPT366, BX=old
This excellent motherboard has been in my computer since it was avalible on the market. It offers frontside bus settings up to 200MHZ, a heatsink protected BX chipset, and large capacitors. These "techie" features lead to a motherboard that is...
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Product Rating:Product Rating: 5.0
 

Abit be6 II

by krklnmn , May 02 '00
Pros: ata 66, software clock changes
Cons: only one ISA slot
I built my first machine by myself, and through the advice of many gaming magazines, I picked the Abit be6 II. I wanted the most bang for my buck and the ability to upgrade later if I wanted to. While this motherboard is not any lower priced than the...
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Product Rating:Product Rating: 5.0
 

A solid, well-built performer.

by mstarks , May 04 '00
Pros: Stable, easily configurable, overclockable.
Cons: None.
As a systems technician, I have built several systems. Abit continues to exceed my expectations in stability, features and bang-for-the-buck.

The BE6 II is ideal for both the serious computer enthusiast and those simply wanting a stable...
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