EPoX 8K3A+ Review (1)
Overclocker 12 Mar 2002

If you have been following our reviews, EPoX 8KHA+ is one of the best selling and performing boards. This time round, they threw in HightPoint HPT372RAID on board which provides ATA-133 RAID. Based on the KT333 chipset, The EPoX 8K3A+ is an improved version of 8KHA+. The Southbridge is VT8233A which supports ATA-133 HD. A 6 channel audio chipset ALC201A is also implemented on board for digital audio. 

This is probably the one of the few boards that allows Vcore to be adjustable from 1.4v up to a high of 2.2v. Normal mainboard usually stop at a maximum of 1.85v. CPU Ratio is selectable from 6x ~ 15x. DDR voltage is selectable too up to 3.2v. CPU Clock is adjustable from 100 ~ 255Mhz at 1Mhz stepping. During the boot up of the mainboard, the screen which monitors the various temperatures and fan speeds. The BIOS used is dated March 12, 2002.

Below are the specifications of the board. The subsequent pages will be the gallery followed by benchmark results including SuperPI, Q3, etc.

Processor	Socket A for AMD Athlon/XP/Duron
Chipset	Northbridge: VIA KT333 Southbridge: VIA VT8233A
Memory	3 x 184 pin DDR sockets Supports PC 1600/2100/2700 Maximum RAM: 3GB
Audio	ALC201A 6-Channel Audio
Onboard I/O Connectors	2 x Serial ports  1 x Parallel port  1 x PS/2 mouse & 1 x keyboard  4 x USB 1.1 connectors (2+2) 3 x Fan connectors
Onboard IDE/SCSI	Dual Ultra DMA 133/100/66/33 Bus Master Dual Channel IDE ports supporting upto four IDE devices HightPoint HPT372 ATA-133 RAID Controller supporting four additional hard drives
Expansion Slots	1 x AGP 4X Slot 6 x 32-bit PCI Slots
Additional Features	Diagnostic LED ATA-133 RAID Hardware Monitoring Magic Health EZ Boot
Form Factor	ATX Form Factor Dimensions: 305 x 245 mm

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