I've been hearing nothing but good things about this motherboard. Look at the specs, it's VERY VERY nice. 4 184-pin DIMM sockets! Not to mention the obvious advantages you'll see with a RAID configuration. I'm thinking about going with a RAID-0 setup myself.
I'm looking for people to comment on this board. Best places to go that are selling it. I'd love to get the best price possible on it. I want to buy it soon... I have PC2100 (2 256 sticks) just waiting around ready to be used in this board. I'll have to pick up a nice processor for it, and a good cooling fan/heat sink. I think a nice AXIA 1.33 is sounding like the best deal at this stage.. or a 1.2 even. Here are the specs on it in case you haven't already looked into it. This board kicks so much ass in my humble opinion:
CPU
1.Support AMD Athlon 700MHz ~ 1.33GHz or future Socket A Processors based on 200/266 MHz(100MHz/133MHz Double Data Rate)
2.Support AMD Duron 600MHz ~ 950 MHz or future Socket A Processors based on 200 MHz
(100MHz Double Data Rate)
Chipset
1.AMD761/VIA 686B
2.Supports Ultra DMA 33/66/100 IDE protocol
3.Supports Advanced Configuration and Power Management Interface (ACPI)
4.Accelerated Graphics Port connector supports AGP 2X(3.3V)and 4X(1.5V)mode (Sideband) device
5.Supports200/266 MHz (100MHz/133MHz Double Data Rate) Memory Bus Settings
Ultra DMA 100/RAID
1.High Point HTP370 IDE Controller
2.Ultra DMA 100MB/Sec data transfer rate
3.RAID 0(stripping mode for boosting performance)
4.RAID 1 (mirroring mode for data security)
5.RAID 0 +1(stripping and mirroring)
Memory
1. Four 184-pin DIMM sockets support PC1600/PC2100 DDR SDRAM module
( 2 unbuffered and 4 Registered DIMM )
2. Supports up to 4 GB MAX. ( 64, 128, 256, 512,1024 MB DDR SDRAM)
System BIOS
1. SoftMenuTM III Technology to set CPU parameters
2. Supports Plug-and-Play (PNP)
3. Supports Advanced Configuration Power Interface (ACPI)
4. Supports Desktop Management Interface (DMI)
5.Write-Protect Anti-Virus function by AWARD BIOS
Multi I/O Functions
1.Floppy Port supports up to 2.88MB
2.Two Channels of Bus Master IDE Ports supporting up to four Ultra DMA 33/66/100 devices
3.Two Channels of Bus Master IDE Ports supporting up to four Ultra DMA 33/66/100(RAID 0/1/10).
4.Built-in Standard /EPP/ECP parallel port connector
5.Two built-in 16550 fast UART compatible serial port connectors
6.Built-in PS/2 Keyboard and PS/2 mouse port connectors
7.On board USB header for two extra USB channels
Miscellaneous
1. ATX form factor
2. 1 AGP slot, 6 PCI slots.
3. Hardware monitoring - Including Fan speed, Voltages, System environment temperature
4.Built-in Wake on LAN/Wake on Modem
5. Built-in IrDA TX/RX header
I'm looking for people to comment on this board. Best places to go that are selling it. I'd love to get the best price possible on it. I want to buy it soon... I have PC2100 (2 256 sticks) just waiting around ready to be used in this board. I'll have to pick up a nice processor for it, and a good cooling fan/heat sink. I think a nice AXIA 1.33 is sounding like the best deal at this stage.. or a 1.2 even. Here are the specs on it in case you haven't already looked into it. This board kicks so much ass in my humble opinion:
CPU
1.Support AMD Athlon 700MHz ~ 1.33GHz or future Socket A Processors based on 200/266 MHz(100MHz/133MHz Double Data Rate)
2.Support AMD Duron 600MHz ~ 950 MHz or future Socket A Processors based on 200 MHz
(100MHz Double Data Rate)
Chipset
1.AMD761/VIA 686B
2.Supports Ultra DMA 33/66/100 IDE protocol
3.Supports Advanced Configuration and Power Management Interface (ACPI)
4.Accelerated Graphics Port connector supports AGP 2X(3.3V)and 4X(1.5V)mode (Sideband) device
5.Supports200/266 MHz (100MHz/133MHz Double Data Rate) Memory Bus Settings
Ultra DMA 100/RAID
1.High Point HTP370 IDE Controller
2.Ultra DMA 100MB/Sec data transfer rate
3.RAID 0(stripping mode for boosting performance)
4.RAID 1 (mirroring mode for data security)
5.RAID 0 +1(stripping and mirroring)
Memory
1. Four 184-pin DIMM sockets support PC1600/PC2100 DDR SDRAM module
( 2 unbuffered and 4 Registered DIMM )
2. Supports up to 4 GB MAX. ( 64, 128, 256, 512,1024 MB DDR SDRAM)
System BIOS
1. SoftMenuTM III Technology to set CPU parameters
2. Supports Plug-and-Play (PNP)
3. Supports Advanced Configuration Power Interface (ACPI)
4. Supports Desktop Management Interface (DMI)
5.Write-Protect Anti-Virus function by AWARD BIOS
Multi I/O Functions
1.Floppy Port supports up to 2.88MB
2.Two Channels of Bus Master IDE Ports supporting up to four Ultra DMA 33/66/100 devices
3.Two Channels of Bus Master IDE Ports supporting up to four Ultra DMA 33/66/100(RAID 0/1/10).
4.Built-in Standard /EPP/ECP parallel port connector
5.Two built-in 16550 fast UART compatible serial port connectors
6.Built-in PS/2 Keyboard and PS/2 mouse port connectors
7.On board USB header for two extra USB channels
Miscellaneous
1. ATX form factor
2. 1 AGP slot, 6 PCI slots.
3. Hardware monitoring - Including Fan speed, Voltages, System environment temperature
4.Built-in Wake on LAN/Wake on Modem
5. Built-in IrDA TX/RX header
