Epox motherboard for Socket 939

The new EPOX motherboard is proposed to your attention. The model EPOX 9NPA Ultra is built on the base of the chipset nVidia nForce4 Ultra. The chipset supports the processors Athon 64 and FX with the HyperTransport bus 1 GHz.

The EPOX motherboard is provided with modern slots for connecting peripheral devices. There is one PCI Express x16 slot for the graphical controller, three slots PCI Express x1 and three 32-bit slots PCI for extension cards. The motherboard is designed for Socket-939 processors AMD Athlon-64/Athlon-64 FX with the Hyper Transport 2.0GT.

The EPOX motherboard works with modern memory types, which have a sufficient clock of the bus for complex activities of the modern computer. There are four 184-pin DDR SDRAM DIMM slots. The system supports one and double side modules 2.5v DIMM DDR333/400. The EPOX motherboard is able to work in a dual mode. The allowed format of the memory modules is 128, 256, 512 or 1 GB. The maximal possible volume of installed memory chips is 4 GB. There is a new feature in the product, called Asynchronous clocking. This function provides opportunities for a more efficient interaction between the FSB and memory bus.

The EPOX motherboard has three PCI slots with the support of the PCI version 2.2 protocol, three PCI Express x1 version 1.0a and one PCI Express x16 1.0a slots. This configuration is optimal and permits the connection of all required devices. Ten USB ports are compatible with the 2.0 version of the protocol. The EPOX 9NPA supports the WireFire protocol and it possesses two ports 1394a, which provide the speed of the data transfer up to 400Mbps. These interfaces are implemented with the controller VT6307 1394a.

Network communications can be managed with an integrated LAN controller that supports 1 GB/s mode. EPOX provides this product with the VITESS VSC8201RX Gigabit Ethernet PHY With nV Firewall. There are also 2, 6 or 8 channel sound controller RealTek ALC850. This device grants a high quality of the sound functionality. The computer on the base of EPOX motherboard can be turned into a modern multi-media station.

The sound controller is compatible with the AC'97 version 2.3. It supports input CD interfaces from optical or auxiliary devices. There is also the input and output digital interface S/PDIF, the support of a linear and microphone input at the front panel. The advanced function, which is a usual matter for EPOX motherboards, is an automatic socket definition.

The system board has a powerful IO Controller. It is based on the chip Winbond W83627THF LPC. This device supports mouse and keyboard interfaces and also data interfaces, such as floppy disk, LPT, Serial, Game and IrDA interfaces. The motherboard is enhanced with system monitoring features. For instance, you can adjust BIOS functions to measure the temperature of the processor or control the speed of the cooler's air-exhauster rotation speed.