EPoX EP-8NPAJ

[Wentelteefje]

Hi,

I recently bought myself an AMD Sempron 64 2800+ and an AGP mobo... I still had a 9700 Pro lying around... Now, for some reason the mobo and graphics card decided to die on me (I don't feel sorry for the mobo, it was an awful overclocker, but the Radeon's death is a pity though...)

So I was thinking, what the h*ll, let's go for PCI-e right away... I was looking up some mobo's with the nForce4-4x chipset (Asus K8N4-E Deluxe, MSI K8N Neo3, Abit NV8...) but they all proved not to be that good... (MSI is a worthless overclocker and has only 2 DIMMs, Asus is rather expensive, has also 2 DIMM's and doesn't overclock that good as well, Abit is sold practically nowhere here in Belgium, only 2 DIMM's! and isn't as good as it should have been too...)

Then I found the EPoX EP-8NPAJ... No reviews (although there are some on the SLI version of it...) but it featured 3 DIMM's, and the BIOS options seemed very good... The reviewer managed a 295 FSB with a Sempron 64 2800+... Now this is what I was looking for... At last... My Sempron probably has a lot of overclocking potential too, and when overclocked (to some 2.4+GHz), it should be a strong performer...

Now, my question, does anybody here has experience with this mobo, or maybe even with this mobo + Sempron? Is the BIOS about the same of the SLI version? Does it overclock well (can you hit +/- 300 FSB)? Does it have a noisy chipset fan...?

Thanks!

The rest of my hardware:

PowerColor X800GTO 128MB PCI-e (still asking around about this one, but almost certain...)
768MB GeIL Value PC3200 RAM
LiteOn DVD-ROM + CD-RW
Maxtor DM9+ 80GB ATA133
Enermax EG365AX-VE(G)FMA 353W (very stable and has 26A on the 12V rail...)
SoundBlaster Live

 

[Wentelteefje]

Is there no one around that has this board...? Am I the only person here considering this the best combination of Socket 754 and PCI-Express...?

 

[Wentelteefje]

Hmm, this is starting to look pathetic... Isn't there anyone that has one, or can tell me if it overclocks well...? I suppose so, in fact, because the SLI one is nearly the same, and that one manages a high overclock... The S939 versions can clock high too... I don't think EPoX would put itself to shame by releasing something that can't live up to their name of "overclocking specialists"...

Feel free to drop anything you know about it...

 

[pkrush]

socket 754 processors have trouble running more than 2 double sided DIMM's, so the boards with more than 2 RAM slots are pretty worthless. I'd look at the DFI Nforce 4x board.

 

[Wentelteefje]

Thanks for your input, but they don't sell the DFI around here... (I live in Belgium) Therefore the best overclocking option seemed to me like the EPoX...

 

[SniperWulf]

I have that board and it works great. The only hang up I have is the onboard sound (which I use for teamspeak and ventrilo). The mic in makes all kinds of wierd noises with vent. As far as overclocking? I'm not sure. I have a 3700+ and it runs fast enough in stock form for me so I never really bothered. Around tax time I plan to pick up another 7800GT for some SLI lovin.

 

[Wentelteefje]

Ahh, you're talking about the SLI version... Thanks nonetheless, they should be about the same, so any positive input on this one's good as well...

 

[DaveBC]

Originally posted by: Wentelteefje
Hi,

I recently bought myself an AMD Sempron 64 2800+ and an AGP mobo... I still had a 9700 Pro lying around... Now, for some reason the mobo and graphics card decided to die on me (I don't feel sorry for the mobo, it was an awful overclocker, but the Radeon's death is a pity though...)

So I was thinking, what the h*ll, let's go for PCI-e right away... I was looking up some mobo's with the nForce4-4x chipset (Asus K8N4-E Deluxe, MSI K8N Neo3, Abit NV8...) but they all proved not to be that good... (MSI is a worthless overclocker and has only 2 DIMMs, Asus is rather expensive, has also 2 DIMM's and doesn't overclock that good as well, Abit is sold practically nowhere here in Belgium, only 2 DIMM's! and isn't as good as it should have been too...)



Then I found the EPoX EP-8NPAJ... No reviews (although there are some on the SLI version of it...) but it featured 3 DIMM's, and the BIOS options seemed very good... The reviewer managed a 295 FSB with a Sempron 64 2800+... Now this is what I was looking for... At last... My Sempron probably has a lot of overclocking potential too, and when overclocked (to some 2.4+GHz), it should be a strong performer...

Now, my question, does anybody here has experience with this mobo, or maybe even with this mobo + Sempron? Is the BIOS about the same of the SLI version? Does it overclock well (can you hit +/- 300 FSB)? Does it have a noisy chipset fan...?

Thanks!

The rest of my hardware:

PowerColor X800GTO 128MB PCI-e (still asking around about this one, but almost certain...)
768MB GeIL Value PC3200 RAM
LiteOn DVD-ROM + CD-RW
Maxtor DM9+ 80GB ATA133
Enermax EG365AX-VE(G)FMA 353W (very stable and has 26A on the 12V rail...)
SoundBlaster Live

Got it and luv it. OCs fine.

 

[pedramrezai]

I sold my asus a8n-e (939) and my 939 venice 3200 and with latter's money I bough an
8npaj and a 2800 sempron & I'm quite happy with it. My previous system was running @2.6 with dual channel mem @1T. now this little beast is working flawlessly @ 325x8=2.6@ default cpu voltage. The only thing I miss is the dual channel bandwith but it is just my feeling.games,os,... work with the same speed,the only thing that one miss is synthetic benchmarks,everything else is just the same plus I have saved some money and the current system is not going to become cheaper like crazy(like what happens to s939 in a few months)