Epox 8KDA3+ NF3250 GB mother board

[Matt155]

Check this LINK out.

 

[Jhatfie]

Hmmm. I love my 8RDA+ and am eager to give the nforce3 250's a try. I wonder what the voltage choices will be. Hopefully we'll be lucky and get up to 1.9 vcore and 3.2 vdimm. That would be sweet.

 

[DAPUNISHER]

Epox will deliver on the voltages and that is a full featured beast! It's a damned shame their boards are still butt ugly though, a nice black PCB would have done wonders IMO.

 

[jdogg707]

I could care less about looks as long as it performs.

 

[DAPUNISHER]

Originally posted by: jdogg707
I could care less about looks as long as it performs.

I want it all, got a problem with that? 😉

 

[jdogg707]

Originally posted by: DAPUNISHER

Originally posted by: jdogg707
I could care less about looks as long as it performs.

I want it all, got a problem with that? 😉

Not a bit...my lack of a case window let's me not care about PCB color, but if I had a windowed case again I would be all about a black one...

 

[Jhatfie]

I agree, some nice black PCB would be awesome. The generic puke green PCB Epox uses was fine 5 years ago, but now days people want a little style to go along with the tech. I'll tell you what though, if they do not skimp on the voltages then I'll be buying!

 

[jdogg707]

I just want to see some of these boards start appearing so I can get rid of this terrible MSI A64 board I have.

 

[MichaelD]

PCI & AGP bus lock for overclocking like Intel or NForce 2 chipset

Awesome! I've found my next motherboard.

I must admit; I've not followed A64 mobo development as closely as I should've/would have like to. 😱

I know the NF150 boards were an embarassment and the initial NF250 (not the "gb") boards lacked a AGP/PCI lock.

This board doesn't look much different than the v1 8RDA+ in my gaming rig right now.

I do agree; a black PCB would kick butt! I'll buy this board anyway. My past three mobos in my personal gaming rig have all been Epox. Glad to see I can continue this little tradition.

 

[Peter D]

Sweet 😀

Hopefully this kinda' gives a boost to EPoX, they make great boards but I haven't been hearing much about them lately, mostly just stuff about Abit, Asus, etc. As for the black PCB, that would be killer, but I think EPoX has the mindset of "Performance first, Pretty second" 😉 Maybe Abit will do a MAX3 board with the nF3 chipset with black PCB.. <drool> 😀

 

[Josephus]

Object of my desire!! 🙂

Hey, I find the red pcb's offensive, but I would still consider the recent MSI NF250 board. Give me some reviews on these boards and, oh yeah... when will they hit the street!!!

 

[Megatomic]

If EPoX can deliver an NF3-250Gb Ultra Socket 939 board then that's what I'll buy. See, EPoX cuts the bling out and keeps the prices lower than the competiiton. I remember when I bought my 8RDA+. It was way cheaper than the NF7-S Rev. 1 and performed VERY well. I saved $35 on that purchase and I hope to do the same this time around. :beer:

 

[EPoXTech]

Hi all

Thanks for the comments.

 

[Odeen]

Well, the ATX power connector is STILL in a stupid place, the PATA connectors STILL block lengthy PCI cards, and the floppy cable still has no chance of reaching a top-mounted floppy drive in a full-tower case... Aside from the fact that the chipset is passively cooled (a hunk of aluminum is infinitely more reliable than a cheap 40mm fan),

Also, the NF3-250 has chipset-level SATA, what's up with the SiL SATALink onboard? Say it with me - PCI bus is no substitute for intra-chipset communications nowadays. 150 megabytes / second * 4 = 600 megs/sec, with only 133 megs/sec available over the PCI bus. What's the point of SATA's transfer rates if they just get choked by the interface further up the river?

 

[Matt155]

What are you talking about "what's up with the SiL SATALink onboard", are you reading the specs and looking at the same board?

 

[Josephus]

Some day soon there will be CDRW and DVDRW with SATA connections.... very soon if you spoke with Plextor When that day comes, I will be comfortable knowing that I have a motherboard with 6 SATA ports, lets see... CDRW+DVDr, DVDRW, maybe some other nice storage devices???

I'm not too concerned about the IDE cables as nnoe of my PCI/AGP cards are full length. The position of the power connector would be much nicer near the bottom of the board. Having a 15 year career as an engineer, I know that designing a high power switching power supply is easier without long input power traces. It may save some money and makes the design easier to put the connector right next to the switcher...

You go Epox... bring that baby to market