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Epox 8KDA3+ (nF3-250Gb) Motherboard Review  | Quote: |  | | | | | | | | | | Although RAID is supported by nVidia's chipset that allows a combination or Parallel and Serial-ATA drives to work together, Epox also adds a Silicon Image 3114 controller which provides four additional Serial-ATA ports. The
best part about this controller is that it can create RAID 5 which the chipset's RAID controller lacks. | |  | |  | | Review: Foxconn 875A02-6EKRS - 875P Motherboard NVIDIA nForce2 Ultra 400Gb MCP Review | | Quote: | | | | | | | | | | | The nForce2 Ultra 400Gb incorporates many new features from NVIDIA's nForce3 250
chipset like GigE, native SATA, RAID features, and NVIDIA's new hardware based
firewall solution. The RAID is capable of on-the-fly rebuilds of corrupted or
missing data, while you're still running your operating system. Other RAID features
include, spare disk allocation, bootable RAID's, and a cross-controller that allows
you to mix and match IDE and SATA hard drives to create a RAID array. The hardware
based firewall has dozens of options that can be modified to suite your needs and
can be changed via a web browser. Unlike software firewalls like ZoneAlarm,
Blackice, and Norton Security, the NVIDIA firewall is driver based. Meaning when you
boot in to Windows, you're safe from attacks soon as your Ethernet connection is
established. Software firewalls do not protect your system until Windows has loaded
and the software firewall has started, leaving you open to attacks during that time. | | | | | | | NVIDIA Platform Technology - A look at the nForce2 Ultra 400 Gb and nForce3 250 Gb | | Quote: | | | | | | | | | | | "While it offers no performance gains over the original Ultra 400
chipset, the features that the "Gb" offers are a great addition to the
Athlon XP line. Serial ATA and RAID are long over due, but the Gigabit
Ethernet and Firewall are unique features from NVIDIA that the competition
currently has no answer to. And free extras are always a plus when it comes
to computer hardware and enthusiasts." | | | | | | | Epox 8HDA3+; Athlon 64 motherboard reviewed @ MetkuMods | | Quote: | | | | | | | | | | | Epox has taken brave leap forward and offers altogether six SATA ports in
this particular motherboard model. There are also two network-controllers
present, which are manufactured by 3Com and VIA. 3Com controller offers
gigabit connection speed whereas VIA is only 10/100. Integrated audio
features are carried out with VT8237 southbridges integrated AC97 audio
controller and Realtek ALC655 audio codec. | | | | | | | |
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