Manufacturer: EPoX
Price: less than $100

Introduction

Back in April, our very own Tim took a closer look at the AOpen AX45-V P4 motherboard which is based upon the SiS645 chipset. We learned a great deal from that review. Although the SiS' 645 chipset is supposed to be the value Pentium 4 solution, it managed to perform quite good in that AX45-V review.

SiS (or Silicon Integrated Systems) came up with their P4 DDR chipset right after the P4X266(A) P4 DDR chipset (from VIA) had to deal with some issues that kept people from buying motherboards with that chipset on it. Just like most other motherboard chipsets, the SiS645 uses two chips, a northbridge (645) and a southbridge (961).



Today, we're about the check out how good/bad EPoX has integrated the SiS645 into their 4SDA+ motherboard. We'll have a look at the board layout, the specifications, the features, the BIOS (which is very important for tweaking enthusiasts!), and last but not least you'll get a clear image on how this monster stacks up against some other popular P4 motherboards.



If you want to know how the EPoX 4SDA+ and its SiS645 chipset with DDR333 support comes out of our torture sessions, you should definitely read on ...