EPoX EP-9NDA3+ ???

Lite fundersam jag med över detta kort då inget av de andra just faller i smaken =/

Har ett

Sägs vara ett av dom bättre S939-moderkorten med AGP för överklockning. Plockar vdimm från 5-volten och är lätt att vdimm-modda. Kan nästa inte bli bättre. Har själv ett på ingående.

Lite crap om det:

overclocking options
Bus Speed: 200-400mhz in 1mhz steps
Bus Multiplier: 1x-5x
CPU Multiplier: 8x-25x
AGP speed: 66-100 in 1mhz steps

overvolting options
Vcore: 1.55-1.70 in 0.05v steps
Vdimm: 2.50-2.80 in 0.1v steps *2.80v undervolts and is fluctuates
Vagp: 1.50 to 1.80 in 0.1v steps
Vdd: 1.60-1.75 in 0.05v steps

periphals and features
IDE: 2 ATA 133 slots
IDE raid: 0,1,0+1,JBOD
SATA: 4 SATA 150 slots (1&2 nforce3 (closest to the agp slot) and 3&4 marvell(not locked)
update: epox claims the latest bios locks ports 3&4, but the lock still doesnt work!)
SATA raid: 0,1,0+1,JBOD
sata+ide drives in raid: yes
Firewire: 2 IEEE 1394A ports
LAN: nforce3 integrated gigabit ethernet with VITESSE PHY
Sound: realtec ALC850 8 channel

pros
runs great with ocz eb
runs great with bh5
runs great with ballistix
runs great with tccd
uses the 5v rail to derive vdimm
port80 diagnostic display

cons
problems with 512mb sticks latest bios seems to fix this
WARNING! do NOT use the ocz DDR booster on this board! vdimm above 2.8v will fry a mosfet and kill the board!
coldboot issues, random crashes and freezes from usb hardware (mouse keyboard printer etc)
cant run command rate 1t in slots 1&2 latest bios seems to fix this
vdimm is stuck at 2.7v and wont rise seems to work fine for some people
cpu temperature not reading correctly seems to work fine for some people
vcore ovp at 1.9v
only memory without a heatspreader will fit in slot1 with an xp120
Zalman CNPS7000A backplate doesnt fit on this board without any mods due to some resistors (capacitors?) on the back of the motherboard
SATA ports 1 and 2 cant be used with and any Arctic Cooling VGA Silencer, the airduct covers them entirely

TIPS
TIP: you have to disable cool n quiet when ocing
TIP: disable fast writes
TIP: use HTT multiplier 4x up to ~260 and 3x up to ~290
TIP: SATA ports 3&4 are not locked, use slots 1&2 (closest to the agp slot)
TIP: if you cant get command rate 1t to run try memory slots 3&4
TIP:It seems that dimm slots 1 and 2 dont not like 2x512MB (dual channel)

same here...se sign...

Har ett jag med funkar grymt bra!
Inga som helst problem med detta mobo, rekommenderas starkt.
Inga problem med 2x512 i slot 1-2 heller kör som sagt med 4x512 o enligt ram guy så har jag tur att det funkar som det gör ändå.

"If you are running 4 modules in this MB at these timings I would keep what you have. As this platform should be run at DDR333 with 4 modules. Not to mention most of the MB's using this platform will not even post if you use miss-matched modules like this. If you want to get a bit more out of this I would suggest you replace what you have with one set of Twinx2048-3200C2 for best performance."

Minnen skulle jag köpt Gskills 4800 http://www.gskill.com/f1-3200dsu2la.html
De verkar vara grymt bra att klocka, kostar nog 2700:- för 2x512.... funderar starkt på att byta till dem själv! Finns hos overclockers.se tror jag.

Är nog bättre med en 3700+ venice, med lite klockning så är den ju likvärd 4000+ till ett rimligt pris med (1mb cache i 3700/400+ , 512kb i 3500+)