12/29/2011 05:47:00 PM
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Biostar is well known in the motherboard market thanks to its budget-oriented but high-performance solutions and today the company has announced the availability of the TPower X79 board for LGA 2011 processors, which should reach retail stores in the coming weeks.
Biostar's creation makes use of the company's now traditional black and red color scheme and includes all the features one would come to expect from a high-end motherboard, including AMD CrossFireX and Nvidia SLI support.
Just like most other LGA 2011 solutions out there, the TPower X79 comes equipped with four DIMM sockets supporting speeds up to 2400MHz when the board is overclocked.
To the left of the memory sockets, Biostar has placed a series of expansion slots, including three PCI Express x16 sockets.
The Taiwanese company hasn't said how many lanes are routed to each of these slots, but most probably the two red ones are PCIe x16 compliant, while the white one is limited at supporting PCI Express x8 speeds.
The rest of the expansion options include a pair of PCIe x1 slots, a legacy 32-bit PCI slot, and no less than seven SATA ports, at least two of these working at 6Gbps speeds.
An additional port is routed to the back of the board as an eSATA connector, where is accompanied by six USB 3.0 ports, Gigabit Ethernet and THX-certified 7.1-channel audio with optical and coaxial S/PDIF out.
Two more USB 3.0 ports are available through an on-board header that is placed right near a series of Power, Reset and Clear CMOS buttons as well as near a POST80 debug LED display.
Power to the CPU and memory is provided via a 9-phase VRM, which on the TPower X79 gets its juice from not only just the regular 24-pin connector but also from a pair of 8-pin plugs, while a MOLEX plug delivers extra power for multi-GPU setups.
Pricing wasn’t revealed, but we expect the TPower X79 to be one of the more price friendly LGA 2011 solutions available out there once it arrives.
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