Epox 8RDA3+ (nForce 2 Ultra 400)

[Avid6eek]

Does anyone know the expected price of the Epox 8RDA3+? or where you can currently buy one? I checked out some reviews and it didn't perform any better than the 8RDA+. They actually performed pretty much the same. I'm just looking into the idea of Serial ATA.

[DeanLowe]

Should be widely available pretty soon. Why not just get the NF7-S ver 2.0?<BR><BR>Serial ATA, much like 8X AGP, is a sham. You pay more for the same performance.<BR><BR>Damn, why can't I get paid more for doing the same amount of work?<img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-disgusted.gif" border="0">

[Avid6eek]

<br><br><< <i>Why not just get the NF7-S ver 2.0?</i> >><br><br> Because for the same price I could get one of the new nForce Ultra boards.<BR>

[DeanLowe]

The ver2.0 is a Ultra400.

[TranceJunkieXL]

<br><br><< <i>Serial ATA, much like 8X AGP, is a sham. You pay more for the same performance</i> >><br><br> Isn't that because 7200rpm has a huge bandwidth limitation? Doesn't the WD Raptor SATA HDD cut through that bottleneck?<img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-confused.gif" border="0">

[Avid6eek]

<br><br><< <i>Isn't that because 7200rpm has a huge bandwidth limitation? Doesn't the WD Raptor SATA HDD cut through that bottleneck?</i> >><br><br> Yes, the Raptor wouldn't do so well if it was limited to ATA 133. It is definetly a drive that needs SATA 150.

[Avid6eek]

<br><br><< <i>The ver2.0 is a Ultra400. </i> >><br><br> Your right, my bad. Right now NewEgg doesn't have it in stock, and that is pretty much the only place I order from. It's $125 anways. A comparable Epox board would only be around $100, and they tend to do a little better overclocking....at least from what I've read.<BR>