Abit BH7 (Intel 845PE) Motherboard Review
Performance
As a contender to our motherboard we used the Abit BE7 based on the i845PE chipset.
In our testing system we used the following hardware:
| Test hardware |
| Processor |
Processor Intel Pentium 4 2.4B (Northwood-C) |
| Cooler |
Zalman 7000Cu |
| Video card: |
Ti4200(315/600) based on the NVidia GeForce4 64Mb chip
nVidia Detonator v40.72 |
| Sound card |
Creative Live 5.1 |
| HDD |
IBM DTLA 307030 30Gb |
| Memory |
256 MB PC3200 DDR SDRAM, manufactured by Kingston; |
| Case |
Inwin506 with PowerMan 300W power supply unit |
| OS |
Windows XP SP1 |
Let's first take a look at the results of synthetic benchmarks.
Now on to the gaming benchmarks.
The board demonstrated good speed characteristics. In fact, performance is not the most critical factor in choosing the right motherboard. What matters more than that is price, reliability/stability and feature-set.
Findings
Despite the modest look, the Abit BH7 offers very powerful overclocking options. Besides, the board features integrated 6-channel audio, a LAN controller and six USB 2.0 ports. What is more, the board offers one SerialATA channel. Another advantage of the board is its low price which is now under $100 (currently, $90 on the date it is being tested).
Conclusion
Pros:
- Low price;
- Excellent stability and performance;
- Support for SerialATA (1 channel);
- Integrated 6.1 audio and LAN;
- Support for the USB2.0 interface (6 ports);
- Excellent options (and results!) of overclocking;
- Support for HyperThreading processors.
Cons:
- For its low price, the board is quite a good value for money and doesn't have critical shortcomings.
The board's specific features:
- With SerialATA, the number of disks plugged in to the IDE2 is reduced (from 2 to 1).
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