EPoX EP-8NPA SLI

Darren555 · 28 Apr 2006 at 19:21

Anyone got one of these? This looks the perfect upgrade for me for now.

Darren

CaDLoN · 28 Apr 2006 at 21:08

I almost got that board but ended up getting the Asrock K8SLI-ESATA2, similar 754 SLI board but with a ULI chipset.

Think i should have gone with the Epox though, think you can do 3.1v on the VDIMM

errata · 28 Apr 2006 at 22:07

Epox is good but harder to get and more expensive than the Asrock K8SLI-ESATA2 which is spectacularly cheap and easy to get.

Expect to be able to find 3rd party bios updates and solder tricks as well.

pastymuncher · 29 Apr 2006 at 11:08

I have the Epox and it is excellent apart from one thing. You can put 3.1v through the memory but only 0.5v extra through the cpu. It is not hard to get at all. I got mine in November and it is still in stock in at least two UK online retailers for £65.

errata · 30 Apr 2006 at 09:38

Asrocks at or around £40, available etailers and retail and fairs

Choice of 2 retailers for EPOX snot a lot

AMDPower · 30 Apr 2006 at 10:45

You can put 3.1v through the memory but only 0.5v extra through the cpu

only 0.5 extra?? i am assuming that you max out at 1.55 volts then!

if so then that is terrible for overclocking, have you tried a different bios?

pastymuncher · 30 Apr 2006 at 14:45

That IS the latest bios. I got the bios revisions as soon as each one came out. Actually i think the vdimm maxes out at 3.3v now.

For some reason it is something to do with the board components not being able to take any more voltage according to Epox and they are not going to give us any more either. On the plus side my cpu is taking 1.55v so i can get it up to 1.6v max.

It gets me up to 2.795 ghz on air anyway.

Mang0 Tree · 30 Apr 2006 at 19:42

errata said:
Asrocks at or around £40, available etailers and retail and fairs

Choice of 2 retailers for EPOX snot a lot

Is this the non nForce4 version of SLI?

pastymuncher · 1 May 2006 at 20:34

The Asrock uses the ULI M1697 chipset while the Epox uses the Nforce 4 Sli chip. The Epox should be the more powerful of the two judging by the performance of the 939Sli sata 2 boards.

errata · 1 May 2006 at 21:24

Reading the reviews of the 754 & 939 boards theres not much in it, usually the same performance with the occasional exception were nvidia cards work better in SLI in some games with some drivers.