Introduction
Introduction
Iwill is one of the most innovative motherboard manufacturers out there, and are usually quick off the mark with new technologies, but I don't think any company in recent years has managed to cram so many new features into a new board at the same time. The XP333-R is based on the latest revised ALi MAGiK 1 chipset (C version) which promises improved performance and stability across the board (no pun intended). New technologies supported by the Iwill are ATA-133, which improves the maximum peak-transfer rate of supported hard disks. Excitingly, the on-board HighPoint HPT372 IDE-RAID chip is also compatible with the ATA133 standard allowing (in theory) obscenely fast hard disk access. The other technology, from which the board gets its name, is that it supports DDR333 modules. DDR333 (PC2700) is the latest evolution of double data rate memory which has revolutionised the AMD platform. This new standard has an awesome 2.7GB/s peak bandwidth. Having the ability to run compatible DDR-RAM chips when they are released is a definite bonus, although some would argue that DDR333MHz (166MHz) is not exactly un-obtainable using current overclocked hardware.
Iwill's boxes all look very similar, and their customary green silver and white paint-scheme has not been dropped for this board. Included in the box is everything you need to get you started:
- The Iwill XP333-R Motherboard
- The Manual
- Driver and Utilities CD-ROM
- Two IDE Cables
- One Floppy Cable
- Audio Connector bracket
- One Flat Cable for the Audio bracket
- A nice Biro pen :)
Price
At present I don't have any price information about the Iwill XP333-R, since it does not yet seem to be available.
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