Asus K8N or Epox 8KDA3J

[mooojojojo]

Update:

I came along another mobo that fits into my budget, and is perhaps a better choice - the Epox 8KDA3J. The Epox board uses the nForce3-250Gb chipset instead of the vanilla NF3-250. Should I go for that one instead, or should I stick to the Asus as my primary choice?

note: The Epox is ~$10-15 more.

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Is the Asus K8N a good A64 board (speed and stability-wise) and does it overclock well?
The vanilla version of the K8N that is (not the K8N-E Deluxe).

Thanks!

 

[Doctorweir]

No good choice, as this board is Socket 754
Go for A8N to get Socket 939 and the upgrade path to the future

 

[mooojojojo]

Doctor - too expensive for my taste but thanks

 

[CraigRT]

I have several plain jane K8N's at work and I have yet to have a problem with any of them, stability and compatibilty related both.

I like the boards overall. No OC'ing done on them at all, but stable and reliable no question.

 

[mooojojojo]

Craig, thanks! I tried to find reviews of the board but everyone has reviewed the K8N-E Deluxe version.
Can you tell me - does the board have all the needed overclocking controls? FSB, voltages in small increments, AGP locks etc? Thanks again!

 

[CraigRT]

Originally posted by: mooojojojo
Craig, thanks! I tried to find reviews of the board but everyone has reviewed the K8N-E Deluxe version.
Can you tell me - does the board have all the needed overclocking controls? FSB, voltages in small increments, AGP locks etc? Thanks again!

I don't have any near me, so I don't know about the AGP lock, but given the chipset, it should be there. I do know there are FSB adjustments, and voltages. I've just never used them. (they are for work systems)

Hope this helps

 

[mooojojojo]

Yes, it works! Thanks!
Edit: works = helps

 

[mooojojojo]

Bump for the update.