BE6-II Specifications

Abit's BE6-II specs:

CPU
Supports Intel Pentium® III 450~700 MHz processor cartridge
Supports Intel Pentium® II 233~450 MHz processor cartridge
Supports Intel CeleronTM 266~533MHz processor

Chipset
Intel®440BX chipset (82443BX and 82371EB)
Supports Advanced Configuration and Power Management Interface (ACPI)
Supports AGP 1X/2X (Sideband)3.3V device
High Point HPT366 chipset supports Ultra DMA 66

Memory
3 168-pin DIMM sockets support SDRAM module
Supports up to 768MB MAX. (8, 16, 32, 64, 128,256MB SDRAM)
Supports ECC

BIOS
SOFT MENUTM III or DIP switches to set CPU parameters
Award Plug and Play BIOS version 6.0
Write-Protect Anti-Virus function by AWARD BIOS
Year 2000 Compliant

I/O Functions
2 Channels of Bus Master IDE Ports supporting up to four Ultra DMA 33/66 devices
2 Channels of Bus Master IDE Ports supporting up to four Ultra DMA 33 devices
PS/2 Keyboard and PS/2 Mouse Connectors
1 Floppy Port (up to 2.88MB)
1 Parallel Port (EPP/ECP)
2 Serial Ports
2 USB Connectors

Miscellaneous
1 AGP slot, 5 PCI slots and 1 ISA slot
Hardware monitoring
Keyboard/Mouse/Password and Hot Key multifunction Power On
Built-in Wake on LAN/Wake on Ring header
Built-in IrDA TX/RX header
One Thermal Sensor Cable Included
PC99 Color connectors
Dimensions : 305*200mm

If you've read our BF6 review, you're already aware of the 120 bus speeds available to choose from. That's right, 120! Besides Abit's BF6, no other product on the market offers as many bus speed options as the BE6-II. If that feature alone isn't a compelling reason to consider the BE6-II, we don't know what is!

We were a little disappointed to see only 3 DIMM sockets on the BE6-II. Abit's older BX6 2.0 offered 4 DIMM's for up to 1GB of SDRAM. Abit removed the 6-chip data buffer present on the BX6 2.0, which is necessary for 4 DIMM sockets to operate reliably.

In any case, 768MB SDRAM should be more than enough for any potential BE6-II customer, especially considering the price of 256MB DIMM's.