Epox na socket 754

8NPA SLI to nowa płyta główna Epox'a. Jej sercem jest chipset nVidia nForce 4 SLI, wspierający w tym wypadku procesory Socket 754 (AMD Athlon-64 / Sempron do 3700+). Na płycie znajdziemy tylko dwa sloty dla pamięci DDR o maksymalnej obsługiwanej wielkości, 2GB. Dwa gniazda PCIexpres umożliwiają zabawę kartami graficznymi w układzie SLI (bez mostka łączącego). Spośród innych dodatków na płycie, wymienię 4 porty Serial-ATA II, 1Gb Ethernet (VITESS VSC8201RX) czy 6-kanałowy układ audio z wyjściem SPDIF (RealTek ALC65X AC’97). Płyta już niedługo ma pokazać się na rynku.



CPU Socket:
Support Socket-754 based AMD Athlon-64/Sempron up to 3700+ with 1.6GTs HyperTransport processor

System Memory:
Two 184-pin DDR SDRAM DIMM sockets
Support single-sided or double-sided 2.5v DDR-333/400 DIMMs with dual channel architecture in 128/256/512Mb technologies
Support Asynchronous clocking mode between FSB and DIMM
Support up to 2GB system memory

Chipset：
nVidia nForce4 SLI chipset

Expansion Slots:
Two PCI connectors compliant with PCI v2.2
Two PCI Express (x1) connectors compliant with PCI Express 1.0a
Two PCI Express (x16) connectors compliant with PCI Express 1.0a to support SLi technology
(Without SLI MXM connector)

USB:
Ten USB connectors compliant with USB2.0 from embedded USB controller (4 connectors at rear panel).

P-ATA IDE:
Two IDE ports (up to 4 IDE devices) with UDMA-33, ATA-66/100/133 support from embedded IDE controller.

S-ATA II RAID:
Four S-ATA II ports from nForce4 SLi with nV RAID and up to 3Gbps bandwidth , nV Disk Alert

LAN:
1Gb Ethernet from onboard VITESS VSC8201RX Gigabit Ethernet PHY.
Support nV Firewall 2.0 , Active Armor

Audio:
Selectable 2 or 6-CH audio from onboard RealTek ALC65X AC’97 v2.3 compliant CODEC.
Support Aux-In, CD-In
Rear panel audio jacks configuration;
For 2-channel mode; stereo Line-out (green), stereo Line-In (blue) and Mic-In (pink)
For 6-channel mode; Front stereo-out(green), Rear stereo-out (blue), Center and Sub-woofer (pink)
Support Front panel audio for Mic-In and stereo Line-out only. (Front panel Line-out electrically shared with rear panel Line-out)
Support Auto Jack Sensing for fool-proof audio device installation
Support SPDIF Coaxial output.

I/O:
Onboard Fintek F71872F LPC I/O controller
Legacy peripheral interface for PS/2 keyboard & mouse, FDD, COM, IrDA (v1.0 compliant), …
Support Hardware Monitoring function such as fan speed monitoring and CPU temperature sensing.
Support Smart FAN Control

BIOS:
4Mb Flash EEPROM with Award Plug & Play BIOS
Support EZ Boot for fast bootable device selection
Support Magic Health for system hardware status report during system boot-up

Special Features:
◎Support KBPO (Keyboard Power ON) function
◎Support Wake-On-LAN by PME
◎Onboard Post-Port LED display , EZ-Button
◎Support CPU Over Heat protect
◎Support CPU, Chassis and Power FAN speed control.
◎PowerBIOS for excellent over clocking features:
Support Asynchronous FSB/DIMM timing mode
Support BIOS adjustable CPU clock and voltage, DIMM frequency and voltage settings.