EPoX Launches RD580 AM2 Motherboard

EPoX this week officially announced its EP-MD580 XR motherboard. It is based on ATI’s RD580 (CrossFire Xpress 3200) and aimed at socket AM2 processors. The RD580 is paired with the SB600 south bridge which solves some problems found in the SB450. EPoX’s board includes hardware monitoring software (Thunder Probe and Ghost Monitor), BIOS tool Thunder Flash, led debugging system (Ledion) and on-board power switch (EZ Button). Complete specs are:

DDR2-800 memory
4x DIMM sockets (8 GB max.)
2x Ultra DMA 133 ports
6x Serial ATA 3 Gb/s ports
2x PCI-E x16 slots
2x PCI-E x1 slots
3x PCI slots
GbE LAN (Marvell 88E8055)
8-channel high-def audio (ALC883)
10x USB 2.0 ports
ATX form factor

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