View Full Version : new epox kt333??
Maranello
07-21-2002, 07:00 PM
wasnt epox going to replace the 8k3a with another kt333 board that ran more like abit's kx-7 before the kt400's were released?? ive been waiting around for it ..... and waiting..... and waiting.....:stick::confused:
DaGooch
07-21-2002, 07:33 PM
I believe Epox were to release a newer version of the KT333 something something A2 and A3+ with the higpoint 374 controller. I have not heard or seen hide nor hair of it. Maybe it will be designed for the KT400.
Maranello
07-21-2002, 07:36 PM
ya.... found a pic..... its the 8k5a5+
maybe it will be soon..... i hope :D
DaGooch
07-21-2002, 07:38 PM
Very nice!
Chong345
07-22-2002, 04:02 AM
yes that looks interesting. Its supposed to be more like abit you said?
Maranello
07-22-2002, 07:10 AM
from what i heard they fixed the memory bandwidth problem so thoes that like to run at 3k sandra can w/o wpcredit tweaks. they also fixed the divider so its manual in operation now. from what i can see they moved the socket location and the caps so there is more room for bigger hsf/w.b.... as you can see in my avatar my swiftech w.b. has very little room between the block and thoes caps.....neporene will be fun...lol.
now if they would hurry and realese it i could spend my money :D
sysfailur
07-22-2002, 08:02 AM
I'm really much more interested in the nFORCE2 Epox board myself :)
EDIT: I just noticed that board has friggin Serial ATA!
spaceboy
07-22-2002, 01:16 PM
Originally posted by Maranello
from what i heard they fixed the memory bandwidth problem so thoes that like to run at 3k sandra can w/o wpcredit tweaks. they also fixed the divider so its manual in operation now. from what i can see they moved the socket location and the caps so there is more room for bigger hsf/w.b.... as you can see in my avatar my swiftech w.b. has very little room between the block and thoes caps.....neporene will be fun...lol.
now if they would hurry and realese it i could spend my money :D
where did you heard that...
or is it what epox user are praiyng for?
Maranello
07-22-2002, 01:43 PM
the pics are from here....
http://www.tbreak.com/reviews/article.php?cat=&id=112&p=3
just a basic blurb w/o any big info.... i did read a press release from epox about the board (where i got the info) and am searching for it now :)
spaceboy
07-22-2002, 01:55 PM
OT
"maranello"
do you like Ferrari? :)
Maranello
07-22-2002, 03:48 PM
yup.... thats where the name came from. i have alot of respect for a company that still hand builds their cars. works of art on wheels (that i cant afford...lol)
still looking btw... found one on epox.org about the 8k5a2+... nothing on the top of the line 5+ tho (bangs head on desk to remember)
DisposableHero
07-22-2002, 09:29 PM
Originally posted by Maranello
from what i heard they fixed the memory bandwidth problem so thoes that like to run at 3k sandra can w/o wpcredit tweaks. they also fixed the divider so its manual in operation now. from what i can see they moved the socket location and the caps so there is more room for bigger hsf/w.b.... as you can see in my avatar my swiftech w.b. has very little room between the block and thoes caps.....neporene will be fun...lol.
now if they would hurry and realese it i could spend my money :D
actually looks harder for HSF's.. look at upper left of socket :eek:
King_of_qb
07-23-2002, 07:33 AM
anybody wanna buy a 8k3a+?:p
Marci
07-23-2002, 07:52 AM
... as long as they give us 4x highpoint channels I'm sure I won't be dissappointed... no point releasing a board with HPT374 if it's not fully utilised... what I want to know is when we'll start seeing Raid5 on mobos...
Anyone who buys this board must be desperate. The nforce 2 boards look to smoke the kt333 and possibly the kt 400 chipsets. I wasn't impressed at all by the 8k3a+. Its funny this one claims to fix the memory badwidth issue. I haven't read that anywhere. I wonder if the agp tearing is fixed also along with the junky epox bios. They mine as well call this one revision B. I will definaltely pass and most likely not buy another epox for quite a while.
sysfailur
07-25-2002, 04:02 PM
Originally posted by Wolf
Anyone who buys this board must be desperate. The nforce 2 boards look to smoke the kt333 and possibly the kt 400 chipsets. I wasn't impressed at all by the 8k3a+. Its funny this one claims to fix the memory badwidth issue. I haven't read that anywhere. I wonder if the agp tearing is fixed also along with the junky epox bios. They mine as well call this one revision B. I will definaltely pass and most likely not buy another epox for quite a while.
Desperate... desperate for what.. People who buy this probably just want an optimized KT333 chipset. Maybe they want Serial ATA and Epox's overclocking features. There are lots of reasons someone might want this board.
Also.... thought I'd mention. I found 4 more KT333 boards by Epox I've never seen before..... heh :)
EP-8K3AE (smaller in size, only 5 PCI, and no raid)
http://www.elito-epox.com/dl/produkte/EP-8K3AE_k.jpg
EP-8K3A2 (4 RAID! 2 IDE, 4 dimms too!)
http://unika.net/pic/1016420153/03160013.jpg
EP-8K3AL (sounds like a Light version, no oc'ing things probably)
http://unika.net/pic/1016420153/03160014.jpg
xgman
07-26-2002, 07:37 AM
I doubt that mainstream resellers will carry all these different versions. Some of them are made for OEM's.
sysfailur
07-27-2002, 12:30 AM
Originally posted by xgman
I doubt that mainstream resellers will carry all these different versions. Some of them are made for OEM's.
Well the 8K3AE is for sale. The 8K3A2 hasn't been officially released yet, and the L is probably for OEM correct.
King_of_qb
07-28-2002, 04:39 PM
they are going to be one of the first to release a kt400 chipsets i read somewhere will look it up and find out
xgman
07-31-2002, 07:42 AM
new roadmap:
http://www.xbitlabs.com/news/story.html?id=1028108030
SKATAN
08-01-2002, 11:10 AM
Originally posted by Maranello
from what i heard they fixed the memory bandwidth problem so thoes that like to run at 3k sandra can w/o wpcredit tweaks. they also fixed the divider so its manual in operation now.
now if they would hurry and realese it i could spend my money :D
the 8k3a could do that too with a new bios
Maranello
08-01-2002, 06:28 PM
ya... the new 27.19 bios do get you to 3k....
http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,4002660
I get 3020 at 212FSB with the 2719 bios.