Since the release of the first Abit 440BX mainboard in April of 98 (the original BX6) newer releases have seen the company branching off to simultaneously support the major needs they perceive consumers want.

The new BE6 follows in that vein, and Abit is actually reasserting itself as the premier CPU overclocking platform in the industry through the BE6's featureset.

For a look at what the BE6 brings to the table we present its official specification sheet:

CPU
Supports Intel Pentium® III 450~550MHz processor cartridge
Supports Intel Pentium® II 233~450MHz processor cartridge
Supports Intel Celeron® 266~433MHz processor cartridge

Chipset
Intel®440BX AGPset (82443BX and 82371EB)
Front Side Bus Speeds Supported: 66, 75, 83, 100, 103, 105, 110, 112, 115, 120, 124, 133, 140, 150Mhz
CPU Clock Multipliers Supported: 2, 2.5, 3.0, 3.5, 4.0, 4.5, 5.0, 5.5, 6.0, 6.5, 7.0, 7.5, 8.0
PCI Clock Divider Ratios: 1/2 on 75 - 83MHz, 1/3 on 100 - 120MHz, 1/4 on 124 - 150MHz
Supports Advanced Configuration and Power Management Interface (ACPI)
Supports AGP 1X/2X (Sideband)3.3V device

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

System BIOS
CPU SOFT MENUTM II eliminates the need for jumpers or DIP switches needed to set CPU parameters
Award Plug and Play BIOS supports APM, DMI and ACPI
Write-Protect Anti-Virus function by AWARD BIOS
Year 2000 Compliant

Functions
Two channels of bus Master IDE Ports supporting up to four Ultra DMA 33/66 devices
Two channels of bus Master IDE Ports supporting up to four Ultra DMA 33 devices
PS/2 Keyboard and PS/2 Mouse connectors
One Floppy Port (up to 2.88MB)
One Parallel Port (EPP/ECP)
Two Serial Ports
Two USB Connectors
Built-in IrDA TX/RX header

Miscellaneous
ATX form factor
One AGP slot, Five PCI slots and Two ISA slots
Hardware monitoring - Included fan speed, voltages, CPU and system environment temperature and one Thermal header for other temperature monitoring
Keyboard and Mouse Wake Up
Built-in Wake on LAN header
One thermal sensor cable Included