Specs and Speed
Board Specifications
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Iwill
XP333-R |
| Chipset |
Ali MAGiK 1 M1647C |
| Memory |
3 184-pin DIMM sockets
(supports up to 3GB) |
| Drive
Controllers |
1 FDD, 2 ATA133 Channels, 2
ATA133 RAID channels |
| Slots |
1 AGP, 5 PCI slots |
| Bus
Speeds |
100-233MHz in 1MHz
increments |
| USB |
1 USB 1.1 Controller
supporting 4 ports |
An interesting thing to note is the Iwill-branded south bridge. Iwill however, is not stepping into the chipset business anytime soon and the south bridge is just an Ali M1535D+ chip.
Iwill “make things better”
As if overclocking were a fashion, Iwill has crammed its XP333 chock full of overclocking features. Included are options that allow you to change anything from FSB, to CPU core voltage, to CPU clock ratio. However, the most appealing feature was Iwill’s PCI clock divider options. Available to you are five options that give you flexibility for overclocking. No longer are you held back by FSB speeds and you don’t have to worry about toasting any of your add-in cards.
![IWill XP333-R Review [ 233MHz FSB! @ 800 x 600 ] > View Full-Size in another window.](images/02-s.jpg) 233MHz FSB!
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![IWill XP333-R Review [ A 500MHz Athlon runs really cool @ 800 x 600 ] > View Full-Size in another window.](images/03-s.jpg) A 500MHz Athlon runs really cool
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Every motherboard has dividers that keep the PCI bus and AGP port from going out of range and change depending on which FSB frequency your processor uses. The problem comes when you start taking the FSB to higher non-standard frequencies. Standard frequencies are those defined by Intel and AMD and usually increment in multiples of approximately 33MHz. A motherboard that has its FSB overclocked to 120MHz and using a 1/3 PCI divider will have its PCI bus operating at 40MHz – a full 21% increase in PCI frequency and usually a cause for concern. Many PCI cards cannot operate much higher than their intended speed and many of these cards can only accept a small margin of error.
![IWill XP333-R Review [ Yes! @ 800 x 600 ] > View Full-Size in another window.](images/04-s.jpg) Yes!
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![IWill XP333-R Review [ More power! More Power!!! @ 800 x 600 ] > View Full-Size in another window.](images/05-s.jpg) More power! More Power!!!
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It’s a good thing that Iwill has included plentiful dividers because you’re given the option to take the board’s FSB speed from 100MHz to 233MHz – that’s an effective 466MHz DDR FSB! Under our tests, we used a 1.1GHz Athlon MP and achieved 1328MHz using 166MHz FSB with an 8.0X multiplier.