P4-Board with PCI-X: Gigabyte GA-8KNXP Ultra-64

Details, Continued

The DPS (Dual Power System) brings the benefit of additional switching regulators, meaning that this Gigabyte mainboard now handles six phases - or even eight on the 900 series chipsets.

The SATA controller on the ESB6300 is coupled with a RAID-capable BIOS from Adaptec.

Thanks to an SCSI controller from Adaptec, up to 14 devices can be connected - provided you have the right cables and a suitably large PC tower.

Patrick Schmid
Editor-in-Chief (2005-2006)

Patrick Schmid was the editor-in-chief for Tom's Hardware from 2005 to 2006. He wrote numerous articles on a wide range of hardware topics, including storage, CPUs, and system builds.