IWILL DP533 Series, User Manual

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This section covers things you can do to increase the per-
formance of a system based on this motherboard. The
topics covered include system memory, disk subsystems
and processor upgrades or adjustments.
System Memory
Adding system memory will increase system performance
and capability under any of the supported Operating Sys-
tem. This motherboard supports a total of 8GB of system
memory. If you have not installed the maximum, you can
consider increasing the amount of installed system
memory. Additional system memory speeds up system
operation and in some cases produces additional stability
in the Operating System.
Disk Subsystems
This motherboard supports IDE drives using data trans-
fer modes up through ATA-100. If you use IDE drives as
the primary disk subsystem, selecting drives that support
ATA-100 and have a high rotation speed (at least 7,200rpm)
will maximize performance.
If you need even better performance from a disk sub-
system, you can consider adding a SCSI controller card
and SCSI disk drive to the DP533 or using the onboard
SCSI controller on the DP533-S. A SCSI disk controller
with high-speed SCSI hard disk drives will provide a sub-
stantial performance enhancement. You can also use the
bottom PCI slot which has support for an Adaptec Zero
Channel RAID (ZCR) card to create a RAID array.
Processor Upgrades & Adjustments
Processor speed has a significant effect on overall system
performance. To increase system performance, you can
consider using or upgrading to a faster processor. The
Intel Xeon processors used by this motherboard come in
a variety of clock speeds. If you install dual processors,
they must have the same specification. If you upgrade
one, you must upgrade both.
The CMOS Setup Utility’s Iwill Smart Setting feature will
automatically detect and configure whatever processors
are installed. The Intel Xeon processor should not be set
to operating parameters other than its defaults.