BX133-RAID
"This RAID isn't for cockroaches..."
Performance:
The main areas
I'm going to focus on are how well does this motherboard overclock and how well
the ATA-100 and RAID array perform. I have a Celeron 2 566 to see how far I can
overclock it and I also have a P3-667EB to check and see how far I can overclock
it past 133 FSB. I'm also going to take a look at some memory, CPU, and video
benchmarks with a Celeron 2 566 and a P3-667EB for comparison's sake. Here
are the other significant components on the test rig in this review:
The Test Rig
|
Component |
Brand/Speed/Type |
Supplied By |
|
Motherboard |
Abit BX133-RAID |
Abit |
|
CPU 1 |
Intel P3-667EB cB0 stepping, FCPGA |
"Big Bad" Bo |
|
CPU 2 |
Intel Celeron 2 566, FCPGA |
Proton Computers |
|
Heatsink |
ATT CopperCooler
CM25 w/ 60mm YS Tech fan |
Cooler Guys
|
|
Memory |
EMS PC150 CL2 HSDRAM (128 meg stick) |
Enhanced Memory
Systems |
|
Video Card |
Elsa Gladiac
GeForce2 GTS 32meg
5.13 Nvidia Detonators |
Elsa |
|
Hard Disk |
IBM 75GXP (DTLA-307015) 15.3gig ATA-100 7200rpm |
Hard
Drive Guys |
|
Hard Disk |
IBM Deskstar
15.2gig ATA-4/ UDMA 66 7200rpm
|
Hard Drive
Guys |
|
Operating System |
Microsoft Windows Millennium OEM |
Microsoft
|
The Benchmark Programs
-
CPU Benchmark (Dhrystone & Whetstone)
-
CPU Multimedia Benchmark (MMX & SSE)
-
Memory Benchmark (CPU & FPU bandwidth)
-
Drives Benchmark
No... I'm not just randomly choosing benchmarks just to fill up space. The
benchmark programs I chose to use were not only meant to show how this board
performs... I also wanted to measure overclocking limits of each CPU on this
motherboard and the differences in performance between the coppermine Celeron 2
and P3.
Next page: The results
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