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[water_cooler 20]

Should I get the asus A7N8X or the epox EP-8RDA+ i'm going mb shopping on saturday

 

[Kato]

I don't think the EP-8RDA+ are out yet...

 

[water_cooler 20]

it came out on the 20th but wich MB is better

 

[Tebore]

For overclocking Can't Beat Epox. They are both good brands.

 

[Kato]

Its offical out, but not on the market yet...I think
Yeah, Epox will beat Asus in OCing anyday.

 

[water_cooler 20]

the epox is cheaper so i guess i will get the epox is there any reviews for it yet

 

[RangerJoe]

oooh man..where can you buy the epox? i have been waiting for it for a long time

 

[Emericana]

www.gameve.com

 

[water_cooler 20]

whats the max fsb and vcore on the epox

 

[youthemandan]

Nobody knows because the epox tech won't give any concrete answers beside's the fact its stable at 200

 

[Tebore]

Nobody knows because the epox tech won't give any concrete answers beside's the fact its stable at 200

Geez why not check the site? http://www.epox.com/html/motherboard.asp?product=EP-8RDAplus&lang=1 It clearly states the max FSB is 333 too bad the voltage isn't listed.

 

[Cowboy X]

It also doesn't have the Nvidia audio ! It uses a realtek chip instead . I guess to bring down costs .

 

[Serraph]

It does have soundstorm. It's using the realtek chip but the nvidia soundstorm drivers.

 

[seeker010]

It does have soundstorm. It's using the realtek chip but the nvidia soundstorm drivers.

Are you sure of this? From my emails with Epox sales, the first revisions will not have Soundstorm. I always thought this was shady, but a few retailers have told me the same thing, so I went out and bought the A7N8x instead. Then PC-Pitstop FUBAR'd my RAM order.

 

[water_cooler 20]

on saturday i'm getting the EPOX 8RDA+ so if anyone caan thinks of a better mb plz say its name now and i have a nice sound card so i don;t care about the onborad sound

 

[RangerJoe]

i say go for the 8rda+...id get one...but have no money

 

[Caffinehog]

I'm going to get this board, not because of the memory bandwidth, but because of the LOCKABLE PCI BUS!
That's right, no more dealing with PCI divisors. And if I know Epox, that means that we will no longer have to worry about the board or the PCI devices as far as limiting factors to an overclock.
Add the unlockable AMD processors, and only your memory will limit your overclock. PC3500? PC3500! Thats what... 215FSB? WITHOUT overclocking the memory?


Yes, I am excited.

 

[fosheazy]

The Epox does not have a pci lock! Read this forum. Really long I know.

http://www.aoaforums.com/forum/showthread.php?threadid=11033&perpage=20&pagenumber=7

It doesn't have pci lock and they don't want to talk about it? Even banning someone who granted was a little rude, but hmmmm....

As much as I have been an epox fan, the only board that has confirmed agp and pci lock right now is the asus.

 

[Crazy Jayhawk]

Does either board have a model with RAID onboard?

 

[Brunt]

I'm going to get this board, not because of the memory bandwidth, but because of the LOCKABLE PCI BUS!
That's right, no more dealing with PCI divisors. And if I know Epox, that means that we will no longer have to worry about the board or the PCI devices as far as limiting factors to an overclock.
Add the unlockable AMD processors, and only your memory will limit your overclock. PC3500? PC3500! Thats what... 215FSB? WITHOUT overclocking the memory?


Yes, I am excited.

Can you use pc3500 with it, even though it only says it will support pc3200??

Use 3500 only because it can support higher speeds(oc it anyway...)