Epox Ep-8kda3i

[Calendae]

Hi, I'm thinking about building a Sempron 3100 sys and OCing it. I was wondering if any has tryed OCing with the EPOX EP-8KDA3I, and if it was worth getting. Any info on this or any other good Socket 754 borad for less then $110 would be greatly appreciated.

[cloasters]

Welcome to AOA Forums, Calendae!

The Epox experts might still be sleeping off their Christmas dinners. Tsk!

[Calendae]

lol, glad to be here.

[Reejoc]

I don't think epox and 'ocing' any longer go together. Go for a DFI, MSI or GB 754

[chile]

i just got one for $55..great deal so i couldn't pass it up. too bad i had to get a craptacular speeze hsf for it til i can buy a thermalright....if i can get 2400-2500 outta my A64 2800+, i'll be happy....not bad for $160 total....

[Daniel ~]

Originally Posted by Reejoc

I don't think epox and 'ocing' any longer go together. Go for a DFI, MSI or GB 754

Yeah right! LOL

[Reejoc]

Originally Posted by Daniel ~

Yeah right! LOL

Yeah right.

Epox no longer takes heed of what the overclocking community desire. Taking 754 boards as an example:
> Their boards now come with pitiful voltages options and ranges: 2.8V max vdimm!? that's default voltage as far as most hardcore overclockers are concerned. I’m fed up with vmodding epox boards - shouldn’t have to be done.
> Limited bios options – especially with memory timings
> Intrinsic faults/poor implementations affecting overclocking (e.g. low vcore problems on 8KDA3 series, poor chipset cooling)
> Memory size and type compatibility problems, making hassle free overclocking difficult

Sure the boards ‘perform’ well and have a good feature set, but they simply are no longer a top choice for overclockers. I went from 8K3A+ to 8RDA+ to 8KDA3J and it’s been getting progressively worse. You only have to look through these forums to see the distinct lack of success stories. How many people are getting record overclocks / 3dmark scores etc on epox boards these days? No-one.

[chile]

all my epox boards (rda+ rev 1, rev 1.1, 8kra2+ and rda3+ rev 3.2) have been good oc'ers...hopefully, this board gets some decent results....230 seems easy enough from what i've been reading on various forums....

[Daniel ~]

Originally Posted by Reejoc

Yeah right.

Epox no longer takes heed of what the overclocking community desire. Taking 754 boards as an example:
> Their boards now come with pitiful voltages options and ranges: 2.8V max vdimm!? that's default voltage as far as most hardcore overclockers are concerned. I’m fed up with vmodding epox boards - shouldn’t have to be done.
> Limited bios options – especially with memory timings
> Intrinsic faults/poor implementations affecting overclocking (e.g. low vcore problems on 8KDA3 series, poor chipset cooling)
> Memory size and type compatibility problems, making hassle free overclocking difficult

Sure the boards ‘perform’ well and have a good feature set, but they simply are no longer a top choice for overclockers. I went from 8K3A+ to 8RDA+ to 8KDA3J and it’s been getting progressively worse. You only have to look through these forums to see the distinct lack of success stories. How many people are getting record overclocks / 3dmark scores etc on epox boards these days? No-one.

Hey I'm content that you should think so, enjoy.

[danrok]

Quite an impressive overclock of 2.7Ghz on a A64 K8 939 3000+ on an Epox board.

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...ad.php?t=49475

It has been said before that high voltages may not be needed to achieve high overclocks on these boards.