AM2 mobo by Epox

[Metr0]

MF570 SLI

Especificaciones:

CPU Socket:
Support Socket-AM2(940 pin) based AMD Athlon-AM2 2GTs 16X16 Hyper Transport processors
Support VMM(Virtualization-Machine-Monitoring)

Chipset:
nVidia MCP55P

System Memory:
Four 240-pin unbuffered DDR II SDRAM DIMM sockets
Support single-sided or double-sided 1.8v DDR II-533/667/800 DIMMs with dual channel architecture in 256/512Mb/1Gb technologies
Support Asynchronous clocking mode between FSB and DIMM

Expansion Slots:
Two PCI-Express (x1) connectors
Two PCI Express (x16) connectors compliant with PCI Express 1.0a to support SLi technology
Three PCI connectors compliant with PCI v2.3
One Express Card connector compliant with PCI Express 1.0a

IDE:
One IDE interface (up to 2 IDE devices) with UDMA-33, ATA-100/133 support from embedded IDE controller

USB:
Ten USB connectors compliant with USB2.0 from embedded USB controller (4 connectors at rear panel)

S-ATA RAID:
Six S-ATA II ports with up to 300MB/s from chipset with RAID 0,1,0+1,5 and Hot-Plug support by NVIDIA Mediashield

More S-ATA:
Two S-ATA II ports and One P-ATA port from JMicron?s JMB363 PCI Express to 2S1P controller and e-SATA support.
(Optional)

Dual Gigabit LAN:
Two Gigabit Ethernet from onboard Marvell 88E1116 Gigabit Ethernet PHY.
(Co-Layout with88E3016)

Audio:
Selectable 2, 6 or 8-CH audio Realtek ALC883 AC?97 compliant CODEC
Support Aux-In, CD-In, S/PDIF-in and S/PDIF-out
Optical & Coaxial S/PDIF-out available on rear panel
Support Jack detection for fool-proof audio device installation
(Colayout with ALC880/861)

I/O:
Onboard EPoX EP-1308 LPC I/O controller
Legacy peripheral interface for PS/2 keyboard & mouse, FDD, COM, IrDA (v1.0 compliant), ?
Support Hardware Monitoring function such as fan speed monitoring and CPU temperature sensing.
Intelligent fan speed control for CPU-fan (PWM) and Chassis-fan for quiet operation
Support BIOS recovery(Optional)

BIOS:
4Mb Flash EEPROM with Award Plug&Play BIOS
Support EZ Boot for fast bootable device selection
Support Magic Health for system hardware status report during system boot-up

Special Features:
Support KBPO (Keyboard Power ON) function
Support Wake-On-LAN by PME
Support Thunder Guard : Post-Port ,LEDION display
Onboard EZ-Button for convenient power-on
Support Thermal Stick
Support Asynchronous clocking mode between FSB and PCI/PCI-E

PowerBIOS for excellent overclocking features:
Programmable FSB and PCI Clock output frequency with 1MHz fine tuning
Support BIOS adjustable CPU multiplier, FSB clock, PCI-E x16 clock, DIMM frequency
Support BIOS adjustable voltage for CPU Core, Chipset, VTT and DIMM

Powerful utilities for Windows:
Thunder Probe for system hardware monitoring
Magic Flash for BIOS update without requiring DOS flash utility and bootable diskette
Magic Screen for personal bootup screen design


Form Factor:
305mm x 245mm x 40mm, ATX Size


Accessories
User?s manual , Power Pack(TBD)
2 Round IDE & 1 FDD cable; USB LED bracket;
2 S-ATA II data and power cables; Thermal Stick cable
CD for drivers, utilities and bundle software
IO shield


Fotos:
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Source http://www.chilehardware.cl/modules.php...d&name=PNphpBB2&file=viewtopic&t=23175

 

[SonicIce]

¡excelente!

 

[Jawo]

Looks rather sweet! Know about a release date? A GIS returns a few unreadable Japanese pages.

 

[Metr0]

release that should be on23rd of may

 

[jaysz]

Well as this looked like an excellent board, and having just purchased an athlon 64 3800+ AM2, I tried to buy one of these today and they are not available anywhere. Undeterred I figured I would call Epox and I found out that the board will not be available for 7-14 days from today and that they cannot even tell me the price point of the board. Not having the board available is one thing, not knowing how much it's going to cost is just lame imho. Jay.

After posting this I was a bit aggravated with the lack of information so I called them back, and spoke with the same person who when I asked transferred me to another person in sales. That said the mobo is going to cost in the neighborhood of $135-140 and they will have some early next week and I may be able to buy one directly from Epox for that price.

Anyone else who may be interested in buying one direct send me a pm and after I order mine I will give you the info.

 

[luigionlsd]

Lol sonicice jumps for joy at the sound of epox... looks like a nice board!

 

[benzylic]

To bad Epox still insists on putting the 24 pin power connecter right under the cpu socket. Oh well, looks like an excellent board otherwise

 

[addylo]

Anyone bought this mobo yet? Opinions, comments, reviews? The only e-mag review I saw looked very promising.

I'm considering the board for an X2 5000+. Is this a good match?

 

[webhusker]

I got the MF570 about two weeks ago. No issues at all. The bios utility is awesome - no more floppy disk!!!

I'm new to the OCing thing, but it all seems straight forward enough on this board. I've got an x2 4200+ running stable at 2.5 (2.2 stock) and once I figure out the whole RAM timing thing and get brave enough to play with voltages I'm sure I can go higher.

web

mf570sli
x2 4200+
Kingston HyperX (DDR2 667)
Sapphire x1800GTO2 (yeah, I know ATI in an SLI board???) no issues
Thermaltake 500w PSU
Centurian case

 

[Zap]

Originally posted by: mxrider
To bad Epox still insists on putting the 24 pin power connecter right under the cpu socket. Oh well, looks like an excellent board otherwise

Bad layout and a "classic" color scheme. At least their boards are often very overclockable.

I've heard good things about the Epox socket AM2 Geforce6100 chipset board... supposedly very overclockable.

 

[webhusker]

The power connector isn't that much of an issue - depends on the length of cable from PSU. What I didn't like was the audio connectors too close to the GPU - not a major problem but annoying.

Board looks great in my windowless case!

As for overclocking, it seems to work well. Tons of options - most of which I don't understand


x2 4200 @ 2.6+
FSB=240
VCore @ 1.425
VDimm @ 2.1
didn't have to up the chipset voltage - chipset temp 34' C