Both, the FIC AN17 and the Epox 8K3A+ motherboards have been built around the KT333 Northbridge chipset, while certainly not the latest DDR-400 supporting chipset from VIA, KT333 motherboards will most certainly start to see more mainstream action for that same reason, hence a lower price is expected for these products.
We take a look to these, pretty solid, RAID capable products which are currently selling in the $70-99 price range. Going into the BIOS options, we could clearly notice that Epox has given its customers more control; even with unusual processor voltages of up to 2,2v, this mainboard has been made to reach limits, if you have proper cooling of course ;). A regular heatsink with this voltage will have your CPU fried in no time; water-cooling is the way to go should you intend to increase your V-Core this much.
Epox 8K3A+ vs. FIC AN17 shootout @TechSpot.com
We take a look to these, pretty solid, RAID capable products which are currently selling in the $70-99 price range. Going into the BIOS options, we could clearly notice that Epox has given its customers more control; even with unusual processor voltages of up to 2,2v, this mainboard has been made to reach limits, if you have proper cooling of course ;). A regular heatsink with this voltage will have your CPU fried in no time; water-cooling is the way to go should you intend to increase your V-Core this much.
Epox 8K3A+ vs. FIC AN17 shootout @TechSpot.com
