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Throughout the recent history of the Athlon processor Epox has been a good gauge for a good, all round motherboard for the platform. While the performance of the motherboards never topped those of the big boys such as Asus and Abit, Epox had stable, reliable motherboards that non-hardcore overclockers could depend on. The 8KTA+ motherboard was the company’s first attempt at a motherboard geared towards the other side of the fence, if you will. It made vast improvements, but was still slightly behind in terms of performance and features. Not to give away the ending, but that has all changed with their latest release, the Epox 8KTA3 KT133A motherboard.

Before we move on, lets a list of the technical specifications on this motherboard:

Motherboard Specifications

CPU Socket

Socket A (133/266 DDR MHz Support)

Chipset

VIA KT133A

Form Factor

ATX

Multiplier Options

Up to 12.5x

Bus Speed Options

100-155 MHz in various intervals (lots!)

Voltages

1.125 - 1.85v in 0.25v increments

Hard Drive

IBM Deskstar 75GXP 45GB

Memory Support

4 x 168-pin SDRAM PC100/PC133 Support

Expansion Slots

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

AGP Support

4x AGP

USB Support

2 Standard USB ports

Bios

Award Bios Flash ROM

Onboard IDE

2 x ATA100 EIDE