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I can remember saying to Ron just a few weeks ago, that I was worried because I had run out of KT333 motherboards to review and write about. Opened a can of worms, I have.

The Epox 8K3A motherboard is based on this VIA KT333 chipset and has actually been in use here at Amdmb.com for a little while, in particular on our recent PC3000 Memory comparison. We chose the Epox board because it was one of the first to offer a full feature set for overclocking the processor and memory.

Epox has been very aggressive on their promotion and advertising and it seems that every chance that Epox has to release a new motherboard, they are doing so. With every new chipset from VIA and AMD, Epox has produced a new product including the Epox 8K7A based on the AMD-760 chipset and the Epox 8KHA series based on the KT266/A chipsets.

This time, the 8K3A series of motherboards, available in both a standard and a plus model, comes based on the KT333 chipset. The plus model simply offers an additional IDE RAID controller that gives the board an additional two IDE channels.

Here are the quick board specifications:

Motherboard Specifications

CPU Socket

Socket A (200/266 MHz Support)

Chipset

VIA KT333

Form Factor

ATX

Multiplier Options

6x - 13x

Bus Speed Options

100-220 MHz

Voltages

1.725v - 1.85v

Memory Support

3 x 184-pin DDR DRAM PC1600/PC2100/PC2700 Support

Expansion Slots

6/0/1/0 (PCI/ISA/AGP/CNR)

AGP Support

4x AGP

USB Support

2x Standard USB ports

Integrated Components

AC'97 Audio

Bios

Award BIOS

Onboard IDE

2 x ATA133 EIDE

2 x ATA133 IDE RAID