It was bound to happen sooner or later...ClubOC's first "official" EPoX motherboard review! This may be my first EPoX review, but this is not the first EPoX motherboard I've owned. In fact, I've been using EPoX motherboards off and on since the days of the AMD K6 and K6-2 processors. EPoX's motherboards have come a long way over the years, but one thing has remained constant; EPoX's award winning quality.

     In recent years, EPoX has produced some of the best performing, and highest overclocking motherboards the world has ever seen. No matter the chipset, EPoX always seems to be at the top of people's list for their favorite motherboards of all time. Now that the nForce2 chipset is here, will EPoX continue their tradition of exceptional quality, or will this new board get dog piled by the other nForce2 boards out there? Let's take a look at EPoX's EP-8RDA+ and find out!

 

Specifications
Processor	AMD Athlon, Athlon XP, Duron
Core Logic	nforce2 Platform Processor Chipset
BIOS	Award/Phoenix BIOS v6.0
Max. FSB	333MHz
Memory	3 x DDR SDRAM PC3200, 3GB max.
Form Factor	ATX
Expansion Slots
AGP	1, 8x
PCI	6, 32-bit
Ports
PS/2	1 mouse, 1 keyboard.
Serial	2
Parallel	1
USB	4 onboard, 2 optional. USB 2.0
Network	1 x Realtek RTL8201 PHY
Floppy	2 drives max.
IDE	2 x E/IDE Ultra DMA/133, 4 drives max.
Controllers
Sound	Realtek ALC650E 6-channel full-duplex integrated sound
Option	IEEE1394 Firewire interface
Special Features
Hardware Monitoring Function provided by Winbond
Keyboard Power On (KBPO)
Suspend To RAM (STR)
CPU clock settings are adjustable by BIOS
CPU V-core settings are adjustable by BIOS
Memory voltage settings are adjustable by BIOS
AGP voltage settings are adjustable by BIOS
Wake On Lan (WOL)
P80P Diagnostic LED