EPOX - EPoX 8KDA3+ nForce3 250Gb Motherboard Review

The socket 754, Athlon64-based Epox 8KDA3+ motherboard we’ll be testing out on the following pages has a couple of features geared towards enthusiasts, and plenty of features for those of just looking for a solid AMD Athlon64 mainboard. For starters, the Epox 8KDA3+ boasts onboard Serial ATA RAID, Gigabit LAN (including hardware firewall), 7.1 channel audio, and of course the classic Epox Port 80 diagnostics card.

For the enthusiasts, Epox also include in the package a set of eight small aluminum MOSFET sized heatsinks.. ..Epox also bundle in two very nice purple rounded IDE cables which are soft and easily moldable. Curiously, a rounded floppy drive cable was not included. Finally, the Epox 8KDA3+ includes a small handy Slot/Phillips head screwdriver that is perfect for loosening case screws in a pinch.

…As the benchmarks indicated, of the Epox 8KDA3+ was excellent. At stock speeds it performs on par with other nForce3-250 motherboards, and when its overclocked it totally killed the competition! Our particular board reached an amazing 290 MHz motherboard clock speed. I suspect that better Northbridge cooling may have allowed it to go even further… On that note I hope that future revisions of the 8KDA3+ have mounting holes around the NF3-250 chipset, it gets quite toasty during operation! If you’re looking for a wicked fast AMD Athlon64 motherboard look no further than the Epox 8KDA3+!

Epox 8KDA3+ nForce3 250Gb Motherboard Review @ PCStats