difference between epox 8HDA5+ and 8HDA3+ mobos?

[calam63]

what is the difference between these? they look exactly the same?

 

[mechBgon]

They appear to use different gigabit NICs and the 8HDA5+ has 8-channel audio, versus 6-channel.

 

[calam63]

anyone know which one is better? probably won't use either of those differences

 

[ViperV990]

I think you should look at the 8KDA3J as well. NF3 250Gb w/ on-chip RAID and on-chip SATA (2)... $90 at mwave.

Edit: Same board as the 8KDA3+ except sans the extra SATA controller and optical out (and some other minor goodies).

 

[EPoXTech]

Hi

VIA K8T800+8237 Socket 754 with Dual LAN (EP-8HDA3+)
http://www.epox.com/USA/product.asp?ID=EP-8HDA3plus
2 DIMM
2 or 6-channel audio

VIA K8T800+8237 Socket 754 with Dual LAN (EP-8HDA5+)
http://www.epox.com/USA/product.asp?ID=EP-8HDA5plus
3 DIMM
3 or 8-channel audio

 

[mechBgon]

Originally posted by: EPoXTech
Hi

VIA K8T800+8237 Socket 754 with Dual LAN (EP-8HDA3+)
http://www.epox.com/USA/product.asp?ID=EP-8HDA3plus
2 DIMM
2 or 6-channel audio

VIA K8T800+8237 Socket 754 with Dual LAN (EP-8HDA5+)
http://www.epox.com/USA/product.asp?ID=EP-8HDA5plus
3 DIMM
3 or 8-channel audio

Hey EPoXTech, does the 8KDA3J use a PCI-bound gigabit NIC or the native nF3 250Gb gigabit? I have a strong interest in the native gigabit controllers. I see so many manufacturers ignore native chipset capabilities in favor of PCI-based controllers that I don't make any assumptions these days. And your site doesn't have the 8KDA3J's manual available for download, so I can't check for a block diagram to answer this question.

 

[Auteur]

Originally posted by: mechBgon

Originally posted by: EPoXTech
Hi

VIA K8T800+8237 Socket 754 with Dual LAN (EP-8HDA3+)
http://www.epox.com/USA/product.asp?ID=EP-8HDA3plus
2 DIMM
2 or 6-channel audio

VIA K8T800+8237 Socket 754 with Dual LAN (EP-8HDA5+)
http://www.epox.com/USA/product.asp?ID=EP-8HDA5plus
3 DIMM
3 or 8-channel audio

Hey EPoXTech, does the 8KDA3J use a PCI-bound gigabit NIC or the native nF3 250Gb gigabit? I have a strong interest in the native gigabit controllers. I see so many manufacturers ignore native chipset capabilities in favor of PCI-based controllers that I don't make any assumptions these days. And your site doesn't have the 8KDA3J's manual available for download, so I can't check for a block diagram to answer this question.

On Epox website it shows the following for the 8KDA3J:

? On-chip Gigabit Ethernet 1000Mbps providing faster throughput than standard PCI Gigabit chips
? Hardware Firewall for internet protection against hackers

So my guess is it uses the on chip network controller.