EPoX EP-9NPAJ SLI 939 NVIDIA nForce4 SLI ATX AMD Motherboard - Retail

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Reviewed By: Showrbeast on 12/23/2006

Tech Level: high - Ownership: 1 day to 1 week

This user purchased this item from Newegg

Pros: Installed this into my Antec P160 case. The case fan header was in the perfect spot near the bottom front of the case allowing me to plug the fan coolong my drives directly into the board. After hooking everything up the system booted first time and recognized my Opteron 170 that I bought along with the board (after reseating the RAM in the sockets, new contacts are picky). Was able to boot right into my current Windows installation and only had to reinstall the Nforce chipset drivers for everything to work perfect.

Cons: SPDIF output was bent upwards like others have experienced. 24 pin power connector is in a slightly awkward position in the middle of the board but was manageable with a couple of zip ties and the case frame. Would have liked a little more space between the RAM slots for airflow since DDR500 can run a little warm under load.

Other Thoughts: I bought this board after my roomate took my advice and got the 9NPA+ SLI. Unfortunately Newegg was out of the + series so I settled for the J and am quite happy with it. The lack of firewire and extra SATA connectors on the Silicon Image controller was not enough to make me consider any other board. This is an excellent option for those that want to upgrade to Dual Core/PCI-E on a budget.

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EP-9NPAJ SLI

Reviewed By: on 12/6/2006

Tech Level: high - Ownership: 1 month to 1 year

Pros: This board screams!!!!! I've built many computers using Epox boards and this one runs as I would expect - awesome. 4GB of Dual Chan OCZ Plat, 4200X2, RAID 1 (2)74gb Raptors.

Cons: Took some doing to get it to recognize all 4GB. Opening mem hole solved issue.

Other Thoughts: I love this board!!!

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Reviewed By: on 11/26/2006

Tech Level: average - Ownership: 1 month to 1 year

This user purchased this item from Newegg

Pros: Cant mess with the price for the quality. SLI works great. Thank you EPoX

Cons: none so far

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