epox differences?

[KeepItCool101]

I know im posting in the wrong forum but no one is answering my questions in the motherboard section.. anyways what is the difference between the Epox EP-8KDA3J and the EP-8KDA3+. Is it anymore different like the + oc's better and is more stable etc. etc. ?

 

[oc_byagi]

no, not at all.
same chipset, same board, just one being stripped down.

Difference I believe were SATA 8 compared to 4, and Power Pack. (basically not worth extra 50 bux).

 

[c627627]

EP-8KDA3+
nVidia nForce3 250GB Host Controller
For DDR memory 3 memory banks for PC3200
6 x PCI, 1 x AGP 8X,
For AMD 64 Socket 754
Gigabit LAN by Cicada CIS8201 10/100/1000
2 Serial ATA-150 ports from Host Controller
4 extra Serial ATA-150 ports for RAID 0,1,10 by silicon Image
USB 2.0, 8 Channel Sound with Coaxial and Optical output

EP-8KDA3J
nVidia nForce3 250GB Host Controller
For DDR memory 3 memory banks for PC3200
6 x PCI, 1 x AGP 8X,
For AMD 64 Socket 754
Gigabit LAN by Cicada CIS8201 10/100/1000
2 Serial ATA-150 ports from Host Controller
USB 2.0 , 8 Channel Sound with Coaxial output

http://www.epox.nl/english/products/motherboard/amd64.htm

 

[KeepItCool101]

so i can just get the non + and get the same performance but just no SATA?? i wasn't going to use SATA anyway

 

[gunman]

no they both have sata, the ability to have 2 onboard, but then the + has a a little helper that adds 4 more

 

[KeepItCool101]

ah ok thanks for all the help, im gonna go with the non plus since everyone says the + is the best mobo out there for A64's..

 

[gunman]

good choice the one i ordered should be here monday

 

[hitechjb1]

Just FYI.

From what I read, there is no IEEE 1394 (firewire) in EPoX 8KDA3+/8KDA3J (250 GB 754), to get such feature, one need to add via PCI card (not desirable at all for money and bandwidth).

This is the main reason I do not consider the EPOX 8KDA3+ since I need IEEE 1394 connection for high bandwidth video input.

A64 Nforce3 motherboards (754, 939)

Many people rank the two epox 250 GB boards high in their shopping list and they have been getting good reviews.