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Introduction
A
few months into the KT133A's inception, Epox released
the 8KTA3. The board won many awards and effectively
put Epox back into the overclocking map. Now,
Epox has decided to follow up with their successes
with the 8KTA3 and made changes based on feedback.
Now comes the 8KTA3+ Pro, which boasts 1mhz increments
for FSB adjustment and up to +0.4V of default
core voltage adjustment. That in itself makes
the 8KTA3+ Pro worthy of a second look.
The
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- 8KTA3 Manual ; Right - 8KTA3 Pro manual
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Specifications
CPU
AMD
Duron 600-900MHz and Higher (200MHz fsb)
AMD Athlon 700-1200MHz and Higher (200/266MHz
fsb)
Chipset
VIA
KT133A Chipset
VT8363A Northbridge
VT686B Southbridge
Memory
Four
168-pin DIMM sockets support PC100/PC133 SDRAM
Supports 1.5GB Max
Bios
Award Modular Bios 6.00PGN
FSB adjustment - 1mhz increments from 100 to 180
Expansion
1 Universal AGP4X Slot
6 Bus Master PCI Slots
1 Legacy ISA Slot (shared)
2 Additional USB Ports via USB bracket
Onboard
Peripherals
AC97
Onboard Sound
Hardware Monitoring
Onboard P80P (Power on Self Test Display)
Highpoint 370A
The
8KTA3+ Pro and its sibling the 8KTA3Pro are just
improved versions of the 8KTA3+ and the 8KTA3
respectively. The basic differences are the jumpers
for added default core voltage and 1mhz increments
for FSB adjustment. Also, the Pro version does
away with the jumper for setting 133mhz, so it
solves the multiplier problem for KT133A boards.
Another notable difference is the use of the Highpoint
370A controller (the + version uses this) which
is of course an improved version of the 370 controller.
Board
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