Specification
| EPoX 5LWA+ | |
| CPU Support | All LGA775 processors (except dual-core models) |
| Northbridge | Intel i925XE |
| Memory Support | 4 slots, DDR-II only. Supports DDR2-400MHz and 533MHz at 200MHz FSB. 4GB max, dual-channel |
| AGP | None |
| PEG | x16 from i925XE |
| Southbridge | Intel ICH6/R |
| Audio | 8-channel feed from ICH6/R to Realtek ALC880 CODEC |
| Audio Connectivity | 6-port backplane speaker, optical and coaxial S/PDIF output |
| PCI | 4x 32-bit 33MHz PCI 2.1 slots |
| PCI Express | 2x x1 slots |
| IDE | 1 ATA100 compliant port from ICH6/R |
| IDE RAID | None |
| SATA | 4 ports from ICH6/R |
| SATA RAID | RAID0, 1 and 0+1 from ICH6/R (Intel Matrix Storage Technology) |
| Networking | Dual Gigabit Ethernet Controllers emanating from two Marvell 88E8053 PCI-Express-based controllers |
| USB | 8 USB 2.0 ports from ICH6/R. 4x backplane USB 2.0 and 4x onboard USB 2.0 |
| FireWire | 2-port 1394a FireWire support from VIA VT6307 ASIC |
| Other I/O | PS/2, Parallel, Serial |
| Onboard connectors and pin headers | Floppy, ATA100, 4x USB2.0, CD-IN, S/PIDF-in/out, IR, GAME port, COM2, 4x SATA1, 3x fan headers |
| Form Factor | 305mm x 245mm, ATX |
| Expected price | £120 |
Intel i925XE-based boards tend to be on the wrong side of £100 because motherboard manufacturers usually specify a whole host of additional features not usually present in the cheaper i915X range. EPoX's EP-5LWA+ tips the financial scales at around £120, making it one of the cheaper i925XE boards currently on the market. The price is reflected in EPoX's omission of discrete SATA/PATA RAID and wireless networking, which we've seen on competitors' boards, most notably on the Gigabyte GA-8AENXP-D and ASUS P5AD2-E Premium. Other expected i925XE features such as dual Gigabit LAN, 8-channel sound, and DDR2-533 support are all present. i925XE motherboards' feature-sets always look impressive on paper, and this one is no exception. Let's now evaluate EPoX's layout on the 5LWA+.
