Review: EPoX EP-4G4A

• Supports Socket 478 Processors.
Intel Pentium® 4

• Intel 845G AGPset with Extreme Graphics Onboard

• Winbond Super Multi I/O Controller.

1 Floppy drive controller,
1 Parallel port (EPP, ECP),
2 Serial ports.

• USB 2.0

4 supported onboard.
6 support max (optional).

• Award PnP BIOS. Flash upgradeable.
120MB ATAPI floppy drive and ZIP support!

• Standard ATX form factor.
305mm x 245mm

• UltraDMA EIDE Controllers.
PCI Bus IDE Port/UDMA100 x 2 (Up to 4 Devices)

• ATA-133 IDE RAID controller HPT 372 (for max. 4 IDE devices on 4G4A+)

• 400 / 533MHz Front Side Bus.

• 3x DIMM Slots for DDR PC2100/2700 w/ 2GB max. supported.

• PS/2 connectors.
1 PS/2 mouse,
1 PS/2 keyboard.

• 6 (32-bit) PCI, 1 CNR, & 1 AGP.
AGP supports 4x mode 1.5v. (3.3v AGP card not supported)

• 6 channel ALC650 AC97 sound with SPDIF option for connection to MD/VCD/DVD

• Realtek 10/100 LAN controller onboard for network / broadband connectivity. (4G4A+ only)

As you can see, a bit more fleshed out feature wise than the DFI I looked at recently. Compared to 2 DIMM slots and your standard array of features, the EPoX pushes the boat out with 3 DIMM slots, unofficial support for PC2700 DDR SDRAM and Highpoint IDE RAID from the HPT372. Other than that, it shares the same onboard sound and ethernet networking, 6 PCI slots and the full complement of I/O ports that you expect from a modern motherboard (ABIT MAX solutions aside).

Let's take a peek at the layout.