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EPoX EP-8K7A+

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The EPoX EP-8K7A+ came very close to being the best 760 motherboard on the market. In terms of performance and overclocking the EP-8K7A+ is very similar to the ABIT KG7-RAID, falling behind only because of its two DIMM slots .

As such, it's no surprise that before the ABIT KG7-RAID was available, the EP-8K7A+ was was the king of 760 boards. Priced at around $130, $10 lower than the KG7-RAID, the EP-8K7A+ offers lots of overclocking features. Performance and stability of the board is outstanding as well, making the board a very good choice for everyone.

The onboard Highpoint IDE RAID controller.

One shortcoming of the EP-8K7A+ is that multiplier, CPU core voltage, and the DDR voltage are only adjustable through a set of dipswitches on the board, rather than through the BIOS.

EPoX has gone with the Highpoint HPT370A Ultra ATA-100 RAID controller, just like that used on the KG7-RAID. RAID 0, RAID 1, and RAID 0+1 are all supported. The board also features a two digit POST code display for quick diagnosis of any problems you may run into while setting up the system.

If this roundup were done a few months ago, we would have said that the EP-8K7A+ is the best 760 motherboard in the market. However, the presence of the ABIT KG7-RAID has knocked the EP-8K7A+ down a notch. Regardless, the EP-8K7A+ is still a very impressive solution from EPoX, especially when you consider that this was one of the first 760 boards on the market.