Today, we got two tests on motherboards from Epox. Both models - the lower price range products targeted for the entry-level computers. The main differences are in a fee system logic sets on which they are based. I915P Express Chipset used maternal Boards Epox EP-5EDAI no longer young offspring of the company Intel, and soon it will be 2 years since the rationale of the market. Chipset second board Epox EP-5ELA3I - i915PL is derived from the 915P and its appearance is obliged to light only one reason. The transition to Intel LGA775 platform is not confined itself to a new processor socket. To try novelty in action, the times have changed almost all the components of a computer - the processor, motherboard, video card and RAM. In addition, new demands were assigned to block food, in particular, the new standard for all the units were equipped with the basic 24 - contact connector nutrition and reliable system for issuing 18A of the 12 V. If you use a large number of PCI devices (mostly more than three), and then they had to change to new restrictions because of the number of "normal" 32 - bit PCI slots. Plus, in addition, the prices of new items have been installed characteristic, highly affordable for buyers nervous. According to obvious reasons why the new platform has not received at the beginning of popularity. No such progress Intel has not arranged, the company wanted to see an increase in the number of devices-PCI Express and the early growth of sales LGA775. In the meantime, while Intel was looking for an adequate solution, motherboard manufacturers have successfully sold hybrid model LGA775 in combination with older chipsets i865PE/i875P and even i848P.

Products immediately got good popularity - in order to test the performance and payload capacity of the new processors have been sufficient to replace the motherboard and only buy LGA775 processor itself. However, Intel decided to correct the situation classically, releasing new budget chipset, supporting DDRII and deprived of a very prime piece pieces - Sound High Definitions. In addition, the total volume of installed memory was limited to two gigabytes. But thanks to these actions, chipsets managed by a third cheaper, the market appeared LGA775 affordable solutions with support for PCI-Express.

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However, even now, the amount of RAM is more than two gigabytes is not yet demanded, and support for DDR II budget system does not account smooth nothing, because a new memory standard budget in productivity loses predecessor. On the other hand, the lack of quality and practically "free" sound already well above changes interview. By and large the same account - i915P and i915PL - it is nearly the same chipsets with the same performance, and today we see this. To begin, let us look to the characteristics of both boards