In addition, the i815 is limited to 512MB of PC100/PC133 RAM, just like the i815E. We don’t see this memory cap holding back many casual PC users, but anyone looking to use professional graphics or database software may want to lean towards another platform.

We can guarantee that the BIOS of the 6OJV won’t go down in history as the most feature complete, but it is definitely more overclocking-friendly than Chaintech’s past products. Since the i815 runs the memory and system busses asynchronously, there is the option to run the memory bus at either 100 or 133MHz. In addition, there are a few user-selectable FSB settings (up to 150MHz). Since we’ve heard from ASUS that they have clocked their CUSL2’s FSB to 166MHz reliably, there may still be headroom in the chipset that Chaintech isn’t taking advantage of.

There are a few minimalist memory options to tweak timing, but nothing fancy. The standard options we’ve come to expect from just about every manufacturer are all included, however, the performance enthusiast wouldn’t be overly impressed. One odd twist to the 6OJV is a lack of DIP switches. Instead, there are two jumpers to set the front side bus speed to either 100 or 133Mz.