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With same color scheme as Biostar TA890GXE motherboard that reviewed earlier, Biostar TA890FXE motherboard is more intended for enthusiast users. Based on AMD 890FX chipset, Biostar TA890FXE computer motherboard brings nice features like four PCI Express x16 slots, six SATA 6Gbps ports, solid capacitors, core unlocking utility and more. Biostar TA890FXE mainboard offers support to multi-GPU with quad CrossFireX configuration. Unfortunately, this AMD motherboard doesn't support SLI configuration. At least Biostar used different colors to identify the x16 slots. So if you want to install two video cards make sure to use the white slots. However, Biostar could make a better job identifying which slot runs at x4 and which one runs at x1. Biostar TA890FXE motherboard has four DDR3 sockets to provide 16 GB with it and it is said supports DDR3 memories up to 1,600 MHz through overclocking. On the rear panel of this AMD motherboard, you'll get keyboard and mouse PS/2 connectors, optical SPDIF output, coaxial SPDIF output, six USB 2.0 ports, one FireWire port, one eSATA-600 port, one Gigabit Ethernet port, and independent analog 7.1 audio outputs. You can buy Biostar TA890FXE AMD 890FX Motherboard for only $119.99 at Amazon.com.

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Biostar TA890GXE motherboard is an AMD motherboard based on AMD 890GX/SB850 chipset with microATX form-factor motherboard so it can fit into nearly any case. Biostar TA890GXE motherboard is compatible with any socket AM3 processor, so it's possible to install an entry level socket AM3 Sempron or a six-core Phenom II X6 1090T processor. Like another socket AM3 motherboards, Biostar TA890GXE has built-in Radeon HD 4290 and only supports DDR3 memory module with four memory DIMMs that support up to 16GB of DDR3-800/1066/1333/1600(OC) RAM module. The HD 4290 is not of much use for hardcore gaming, but when it comes to plain old desktop 2D graphics or HD video decoding, the HD 4290 is more than powerful enough. The AMD 890GX chipset is paired with the SB850 makes Biostar TA890GXE mainboard also supports SATA 6Gbps with five internal connections in total and it is added a VIA VT6330 controller for an additional eSATA II port and IDE connector. However, Biostar TA890GXE computer motherboard still doesn't support USB 3.0. With price tag only $99.99 at Amazon.com, Biostar TA890GXE is a cost-effective AMD motherboard solution that forgoes some performance and tweaking features but delivers on most of the core features that have made the AMD 890GX chipset a hit.

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Motherboards based on Intel H55, H57 and Q57 chipsets are targeted to the Core i3 and Core i5 processors with integrated video. It is important to understand that with socket 1156 CPUs, the integrated video is produced by the processor and not by the motherboard chipset, as it occurred until now. There are processors with integrated video and processors without this feature, so the motherboard has only the interface and connectors necessary to route the video signal generated by the CPU. You can install CPUs with an integrated video processor or without, but with CPUs without a video processor you won’t have on-board video, needing an add-on video card. Of course with a processor with integrated video you still have the option to install an add-on card and disable its video engine. The Socket 1156 CPUs, like socket 1366 and AMD processors, have an embedded memory controller. Since the memory controller is inside the CPU, it is the processor -- and not the chipset -- that defines what memory technologies and the maximum amount of memory you can have. The integrated memory controller from socket 1156 processors supports only DDR3 memories up to 1,333 MHz under dual-channel architecture, but Biostar TH55XE Intel motherboard supports memories working up to 2,000 MHz, through overclocking. You can have up to 16 GB, if you install four 4 GB modules. Biostar TH55XE Intel mainboard comes with one x16 PCI Express 2.0 slot, one x4 PCI Express slot (you can install x1 expansion cards on it) and two standard PCI slots. Even though Intel H55 chipset does not provide a parallel ATA port, Biostar TH55XE Intel motherboard has one, controlled by a JMicron JMB368 chip. While two FireWire (IEEE1394) ports are available controlled by an LSI FW322 chip. As a Intel motherboard with onboard video solution, Biostar TH55XE mainboard comes with the three most common types of video connection: VGA, DVI-D and HDMI, but only two of them can be used at the same time. Biostar TH55XE motherboard has seven phases on its voltage regulator circuit, five for the CPU, two for the VTT (voltage bus that feeds the CPU L3 memory cache, integrated memory controller and CPU I/O pins) and one for the integrated graphics processor.

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Biostar TA790GXE 128M motherboard, based on AMD 790GX+SB750 chipset, has ATX form factor, supporting Hyper Transport 3.0 FSB, Socket AM2/AM2+ for AMD processor and DDR-1066 memory modules. This AMD motherboard, integrated with ATI HD 3300 display chipset and on board 128MB RAM, supports HDMI, DVI, Blu-ray DVD, DX10 special affects and UDV technology. The HDMI out is digital. so you can't use a dongle to go dual monitor VGA. Biostar TA790GXE 128M motherboard is equipped with 2 PCI-Express x16 slots, which support dual CrossFireX mode with x8 speed, and which also can form multiple CrossFireX with integrated HD 3300. As for other slots, 2 PCI-Express x1 and 2 PCI slots; 4 DIMM slots support Dual Channel Mode DDR 1066 with maximum capacity of 16GB. PCI slots get covered up by having a big graphics cards in your PCI-Express, tough. This AMD motherboard from Biostar has exclusive features like 4+1-phase VRM design and GPU Technology. 4+1-phase VRM design has high quality power components such as low RDS (on) Mosfet for lower temperature and raises the overclocking ability for Phenom/ Phenom II CPU. BIOSTAR G.P.U (Green Power Utility) is a new function, that will enhance energy efficiency by disabling extra phases while CPU on light loading. It integrated a friendly GUI to monitor what's your CPU resourcing, response and optimized the power saving on your system.

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Biostar TP45E Combo is an Intel motherboard that supports both DDR3 800/1066/1333 and DDR2 667/800/1066 simultaneously. The double DDR2/DDR3 design makes it possible for users to enjoy better compatibility and cost saving on future memory upgrade but the DDR3 only support 4GB max. Easy built-in overclock settings, advanced settings easy to tweak. Windows overclocking utility also included .The BIOS overclock menu has an easy mode (v6/v8/v12). With everything set to auto, V12 overclocks the Q9550 to 3.06 GHz. However, using the advanced mode, which is easy to use, it boots and is Prime95 stable OC'ed at 3.4GHz on air using Crucial Ballistix DDR2 RAM. Be sure to update your BIOS. You can update BIOS from disc, USB flash disk or from Windows. The original BIOS didn't allow CDROM in the boot menu but the BIOS 1.9.2.3 has fixed that. SATA connectors easy to access, no blocked slots. The LGA775 socket is in a good place which allowed the CPU fan to install without blocking any cable connectors or crowding the RAM slots. Biostar TP45E Combo motherboard doesn't has Firewire on board, but it is already supports Windows 7.

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Biostar T5 XE Intel P55 Motherboard supports the Intel Core i7 and Intel Core i5 Processors in the LGA1156 Package using Intel P55 single chip architecture. For stability the Biostar T5 XE Intel P55 Motherboard use 6 Phases Power Design and 100% X.D.C Japanese solid capacitor for long life. The layout is great and you will feels like a quality board. The Biostar board works perfectly and comes with single included velcro cable management strap. User's manual included the minimal information needed to set up. Audio ports slightly askew from the I/O shield, but still accessable. Don't forget the thermal grease! Otherwise CPU started at 87c and will overheat and shut down after only a minute. Just add a little grease and the temperature will down to 32c with just the stock intel cooler. With 4-DIMM DDR3-2000(OC)/1800(OC)/1600/1333 up to 16G maximum capacity and ATI CrossfireX Technology, will make this Intel Motherbord as best choice to make a budget gaming rig. So, don't forget to put this Biostar T5 XE Intel P55 Motherboard on your list.

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Targeting a motherboard for budget offering is a difficult task because when cutting costs, features tend to get the axe as well. With the Biostar TP35D2-A7 motherboard price "only" around USD $100, Biostar had to leave a few things on this Intel motherboard. Since Firewire Support and multi-GPU CrossFire configurations is not really necessary on such an inexpensive motherboard, Biostar choosed to remove those feature from this Biostar motherboard. We can even live with the fact that the vanilla Intel ICH9 has only four SATA ports and lacks Native Command Queuing and RAID functionality. With Intel's entire ICH9 lineup lacking "parallel" ATA support, Biostar is forced to farm out IDE duties to an auxiliary chip from Marvell.
Unfortunately, the Ethernet performance of Biostar TP35D2-A7 motherboard is harder to ignore. Not only does the motherboard's PCI-based Gigabit Ethernet chip offer throughput that falls well short of the competition, its CPU utilization eclipses 40% with a Core 2 Duo E6700 processor. Poor networking performance of this motherboard is really the only glaring problem with the Biostar TP35D2-A7 motherboard, though. The performance itself is otherwise competitive with Intel P35 motherboards that cost twice as much, and that's pretty impressive all on its own. With a decent array of overclocking and tweaking options in the BIOS, Biostar TP35D2-A7 motherboard is a solid budget board.
Biostar TP35D2-A7 motherboard specification :

• Processor : Intel LGA775 processors (45nm ready -- Wolfdale and Yorkfield)
• Chipset : Intel P35 / ICH9
• FSB : 533/800/1066/1333 MHz
• Memory : 4 x DDR2 (533/667/800 MHz) up to 8 GB
• Audio : 8-channel Intel High Definition Audio (Azalia) -- Realtek ALC888 codec
• Form Factor : ATX (30.5cm x 24.4cm)
• AGP/PCI/PCIe x16/PCIe x4/PCIe x1 : 0/3/1/1/1
• USB/FireWire/Serial/Paralel : 6(6)/0/1/0
• PATA/SATA : 1/4

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nVidia's GeForce 7050PV chipset includes a dedicated Video Processing Engine especially for High-Definition video - this is known as PureVideo. PureVideo supports hardware accelerated MPEG, VC-1 and WMV9 video decoding for greater energy efficiency (or, longer battery life where notebooks are concerned), as it helps to reduce CPU utilisation while watching movies. In addition, there are post processing features like Motion Adaptive De-interlacing, High Quality video scaling with improved inverse telecine algorithms like 2:2 and 3:2 pull-down correction. There is also support for Microsoft Video Mixing Renderer (VMR) for multiple, independent video playbacks at full quality and definition. GeForce 7050PV chipset also support native HDCP and integrates HDMI 1.2 on-board. Seeing as there’s no decoder or receiver that can work with Dolby TrueHD or DTS Master HD audio over a digital connection and the fact that Windows itself is still limited to just 24-bit colour (+8-bit alpha = “32-bit”) with no support for 36-bit colour (Deep Colour) on the horizon, HDMI 1.3 support is fairly pointless at the moment. The GeForce 7050PV chipset includes native TV out support as well, meaning you can also use either composite, S-video or component outputs. This gives the 7050PV chipset a competitive feature set compared to AMD's 690G, and makes it a potential HTPC chipset of choice.
You can see a short technical documentation of Biostar TF7050-M2 motherboard below :

• Processor : AMD Socket AM2 processors
• Chipset : nVidia nForce 630a (with integrated GeForce 7050PV)
• FSB : 400/800/1200/1600/2000 MHz by Hypertransport Technology
• Memory : 4 x DDR2 (400/533/677/800 MHz)
• Audio : 8-channel High-Definition audio (Realtek ALC888)
• Form Factor : micro-ATX (24.4cm x 24.4cm)
• AGP/PCI/PCIe x16/PCIe x4/PCIe x1 : 0/2/1/0/1
• USB/FireWire/Serial/Paralel : 4(6)/0/0(1)/0(1)
• PATA/SATA : 1/4
• LAN : Realtek GigaLAN 8111B (supporting 10/100/1000 Gigabit Ethernet over PCI-Express)
• Accessories : A black zip pouch, HDMI to DVI adapter, One red SATA cable, One Molex to SATA power adapter, Metal rear I/O plate, IDE and floppy cable, Manual and driver CD.

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Comes with Intel P35 chipset, make Biostar TP35D3-A7 Deluxe motherboard supports native DDR3 1333 MHz. The DDR3's prefetch buffer width is 8 bit, whereas DDR2's is 4 bit, and DDR's is "only" 2 bit. Theoretically, these modules could transfer data at the effective clockrate of 800-1600MHz (for a single clock bandwidth of 400-800MHz), compared to DDR2's current range of 400-1066 MHz (200-533 MHz) or DDR's range of 200-600 MHz (100-300 MHz). To date, such bandwidth requirements have been mainly on the graphics market, where fast transfer of information between framebuffers is required. Biostar uses solid capacitor for this motherboard, so it provides extreme durability and secure performance of your system.
SPACE–Pipe is a new silent north bridge cooling device. It uses a heat-pipe to conduct heat from the chipset heatsink to a PWM fin-heatsink collection module. Airflow from the CPU fan then removes the heat collected from the CPU, the chipset, and PWM fin-heatsink, effectively cooling your system with no additional noise. And all of this is based on materials used in the space industry. This SPACE-Pipe technology lets your computer becomes more silent. Beside of that, there are some Biostar innovations technology such as "Clean-Tone" Audio design (reduces high frequencies noise generated by a motherboard), ONE (Overclock Navigator Engine), T-Power (All in one utility interface), Rapid Switch (the Power and Reset buttons are built on-board) and another innovative features. Unfortunately, this Intel motherboard doesn't provide FireWire connector.
Let's take a look of some technical data about this Biostar's motherboard :

• Processor : Intel LGA775 processors
• Chipset : Intel P35 / ICH9R
• FSB : 800 / 1066 / 1333 MHz
• Memory : 4 x DDR3 (800/1066/1333 MHz)
• Multiplier : Auto
• Form Factor : ATX (30.5cm x 24.4cm)
• AGP/PCI/PCIe x16/PCIe x4/PCIe x1 : 0/2/1/0/3
• USB/FireWire/Serial/Paralel : 6(3)/0/1/1
• PATA/SATA/eSATA : 1/6/4
• Accessories : IDE Cable, FDD Cable, SATA Cable, SATA Power Cable, S/PDIF Cable, Real I/O Panel, Fully Setup Driver, User Manual

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With Micro-ATX platform, Biostar TA690G AM2 motherboard will brings your computer become a home theatre for you. This computer motherboard stands out because of the comprehensive video outputs it has. A standard analog video output isn't too astounding, but a digital DVI port, S-Video TV-output and an HDMI video output all on one motherboard is pretty unique. The Biostar TA690G AM2 motherboard is built on AMD's 690G Northbridge and SB600 Southbridge chipsets, and it supports all Socket AM2 processors from the AMD Sempron to the Athlon64/X2 and FX processors. With AMD's 690G chipsets, it is include ATI Radeon X1250 engine on it. So, using Biostar TA690G AM2, you will gets a good solid computer platform for office applications and the like, without the need to install a stand alone video card on your computer. But if gaming is your thing, you still can install an add-on video card on its PCI Express x16 slot.
There are a couple of nice nods towards the user experience like a set of hard Power and Reset buttons on the motherboard's PCB, also fully passive thermal solution for each chipset is eye-catching. The large and higher heatsink attached to the northbridge to dissipate heat efficiently and the heatsink above the southbridge will cool down the temperature rapidly. This computer motherboard uses solid electrolytic capacitors, using conductive polymer materials, so it will extends the live-span of your motherboard.

Before you choose this motherboard for your computer, see specification bellow :

Biostar TA690G AM2
Processor	- AMD Socket AM2 (AMD Athlon 64 X2/64/FX/Sempron Processors) - Hyper Transport Technology up to 2G - Supports AMD Cool'nQuiet Technology
Chipset	AMD 690G / SB600
Memory	4 x DIMM, max. 8GB, DDR2 800 / 667 / 533 / 400 MHz, non-ECC, unbuffered memory Dual channel memory architecture
Expansion Slots	2 x PCI-E x16 1 x PCI-E x1 1 x PCI
Integrated Video	ATI Radeon X1250 Graphics, On Board Graphic Max. Memory Share 512 MB
LAN	Realtek RTL8111B - Integrated 10/100/1000 Transceiver
Audio	Realtek ALC888 8+2-Channel HD Audio
Back Panel I/O Ports	1 x PS/2 Mouse 1 x PS/2 Keyboard 1 x HDMI 1 x DVI 1 x TV-OUT 1 x VGA 4 x USB 2.0 6 x Audio 1 x LAN (RJ-45)
Internal I/O Connectors	3 x USB 2.0 Headers 4 x SATA2 3Gb/s Connector 1 x Floppy Connector 1 x IDE Connector 1 x Front Audio Header 1 x CD-IN Header 1 x S/PDIF-OUT Header 1 x CPU FAN Header 1 x North Bridge FAN Header 2 x System FAN Header 1 x Printer Header
Accessories	1 x IDE Cable 1 x FDD Cable 1 x SATA Cable 1 x SATA Power Cable 1 x Real I/O Panel 1 x Fully Setup Driver 1 x User Manual
Form Factor	Micro-ATX Form Factor, 24.3cm x 24.4cm

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