In many ways the Motherboard of the computer apart from the actual
CPU itself is the most important component of the Computer. This is
because the performance of all the hardware and peripheral items connected
to it is essentially dependent on the Motherboard and the I\O controllers
installed in the Motherboard. Thus one has to be very fussy in choosing
a Motherboard and what controller chipsets it uses.
Probably the best SDRam based controller chipset ever made is the
Intel BX series of chipsets. Though it is now about 2 years since
it was first introduced, which is a very very long time in computer
terms, this chipset just refuses to die, and still manufacturers are
turning out excellent boards based on this chipset, which continues
to be the choice of Hard core overclockers and business users alike.
Thus Elite computers is certainly not alone in its quest to produce
the best Motherboard based on this all time favorite chipset
The P6BXT-A+ based on the Intel BX chipset by Elite Computer Systems
is a very innovative solution since unlike most Motherboards it supports
two architectures of CPU's in the same board. It supports the Slot
1 architecture as well as the PPGA architecture which most new Pentium
III's as well as Celeron support. This gives the user more flexibility
in whatever choice he/she makes for a CPU and comes in very handy
when the user eventually has to upgrade to a newer processor. It also
has sound built on to the motherboard which suggests P6BXT-A+ is essentially
intended for the OEM market. But that doesn't mean that this Board
is low in performance. Don't believe me? Well there's only one-way
to find out isn't it? So hop in and we'll see what this baby can really
do.
