Abit VP6 Motherboard Review

The Abit VP6 is as perfect a motherboard as you can get. There are no features missing. Everything that one can want in an overclocker's motherboard is here. The motherboard is super stable, able to run my two P3-700 at 1001Mhz each. The performance is top notch and having the RAID controller is the icing on the cake. The layout of the motherboard is near perfect and it's free of the stuff we don't want or have no use for in a motherboard, like ISA slots. Abit's VP6 has everything you need, nothing you don't. 

The Abit BIOS is one of the best in the business. From here you can pretty much adjust every feature the motherboard has to offer, including that super Soft Menu III. This has to be the most tweakable motherboard out there. My one and only gripe with it is that you can not adjust the voltage of each CPU by themselves. This may not be a problem if you have truly identical CPUs but there are always small differences. I'm really not worry about running my 1.75V PC-700 at 1.85V, but I may have a concern if my other P3-700 required 1.9V to do 1001Mhz. 

With a list price of $175 and street price of around $145, the Abit VP6 is not only the best Socket 370 motherboard you can buy but it's also one of the best motherboard values out there. Name another Socket 370 motherboard with all these features and sells at the same price. You won't find any. The VP6 is as "Dual" as it gets. There's nothing quite like having dual CPUs and dual hard drives in a RAID setup. The icing on the cake comes when your friends take a look at it. :)

The Goods

• Super stable when overclocked
• Great price of a dual board
• Built in RAID controller
• Built ATA 100 support
• Four DIMM slots

The Bads

• Can't adjust voltage for each CPU individually

Rating: 9.5/10

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