MCH 1.25V Voltage of abit IP35P can also be adjusted within 1.25V-2.05V interval with a variable increment, while abit IP35 Pro supported maximum 1.72V for this setting.

Overclockers rarely lower the chipset South bridge voltage. abit IP35P mainboard allows changing ICH 1.50V Voltage setting from 1.5V to 2.0V first with 0.05V increment and then with 0.1V one.

The Advanced Chipset features section of abit mainboards BIOS allows changing memory timings. It is very convenient that you can only change a few selected parameters leaving all the others set to Auto.

Now let’s move on to the next section: PC Health Status. Of course, our today’s hero will not be able to outpace abit IP35 Pro with its uGuru technologies suite. However, it still boasts a remarkable set of options compared with most regular solutions out there. We can control three temperatures including the one around the processor voltage regulator circuitry. We can also monitor rotation speeds of all four fans that can be connected to the board. Besides the processor Vcore, the board also reports Vmem, CPU VTT Voltage and MCN 1.25V Voltage.

Moreover, the mainboard allows to automatically adjust fan rotation speed depending on the temperature readings. Unfortunately, this option exists for only two of the four fans, however, we can do it right from the BIOS and not through some sort of additional utilities or tools. Even the rotation speed of processor fans with a three-pin connector can be adjusted here – a feature that is missing from many overclocker mainboards these days, unfortunately.

Summing up at this point we can say that despite its budget positioning abit IP35P boasts absolutely remarkable BIOS functionality. Of course, there are a few things that can be added, such as BIOS settings profile saving, a key to access boot-up device menu like on other abit mainboards. As for the main functions, everything is practically perfect here. Don’t be discouraged by the first impression (not very rich accessories bundle, pretty modest PCB layout, short list of supported technologies and functions): the board has very rich “inner world” (excellent BIOS features). Now all we have to do is check out how well this board can put all these capabilities to good use in real life, namely, how well it can actually overclock processors.