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Review: EPoX EP-9NPA+ SLI Motherboard

by Tarinder Sandhu on 26 June 2005, 00:00

Tags: EPoX

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Specifications

Mainboard EPoX 9NPA+ SLI S939
CPU Support All S939 processors (dual-core support with beta BIOS)
Northbridge Single nForce4 SLI chipset
Memory Support 4 slots, non-ECC, DDR-1 only. Optimum support at DDR400 dual-channel. Maximum 4GB system RAM
AGP None
PEG16X 2x x16 slots (run at x8 in SLI mode)
Southbridge Single nForce4 SLI (see above)
Audio Onboard audio from nForce4 SLI chipset. AC'97 only, run via Realtek ALC850 8-channel CODEC
Audio Connectivity 6 jacks on I/O. Optical-in and coaxial-out
PCI 3x 32-bit 33MHz PCI 2.1 slots
PCI Express 1x x1 slots
IDE 2 ATA133 compliant ports from nForce4 SLI
IDE RAID RAID0, 1, 0+1 from nForce4 SLI 2 ports
SATA 4 ports from nForce4 SLI. Supports SATA2, RAID0, 1, and 0+1
Additional SATA 2 ports from Silicon Image PCI-Express Sil3132 controller. Supports SATA2, RAID0 and 1
Networking Gigabit Ethernet via nForce4 SLI and Vitesse PHY
USB 4x USB 2.0 on I/O. Headers for 6 additional ports (3x2)
FireWire VIA VT6307 2-port controller
I/O PS/2, CPU ducting fan, 4x USB 2.0, RJ45 (GbE), 6-port speaker
Other notables Debug LED display. Power/reset buttons
Board dimensions ATX form factor - 305mm x 245mm
Street price £105


Dual-core X2 support is available through a beta BIOS. EPoX should post a finalised version shortly.