Tuesday, May 31st 2011
TSeries TA990FXE Leads AM3+ Charge for Biostar
Biostar is keeping a low profile with high-end motherboards, these days. It's been a long while since the company released its last TPower-branded motherboard, but has been pushing its 'value' TSeries motherboards into every segment. One such offering for the AMD socket AM3+ platform is the Biostar TSeries TA990FXE. Based on the AMD 990FX + SB950 chipset, this board packs a lot of high-end styling with its heatsinks and components load-out. It packs a 4+1 phase VRM to power the AM3+ socket, and dual-channel DDR3 memory. Current generation Phenom II, and future FX Series processors are supported.
Expansion slots include four PCI-Express 2.0 x16 (x16/x4/x16/x4), and two PCI. There are five internal SATA 6 Gb/s ports, with the sixth one being assigned as eSATA. Most other connectivity is fairly standard for this category, you've got 8-channel HD audio, four USB 3.0 ports (two by header), and gigabit Ethernet. The board features standard AMIBIOS, and some overclocker-accessible features such as power/reset switches and diagnostic LED.
Expansion slots include four PCI-Express 2.0 x16 (x16/x4/x16/x4), and two PCI. There are five internal SATA 6 Gb/s ports, with the sixth one being assigned as eSATA. Most other connectivity is fairly standard for this category, you've got 8-channel HD audio, four USB 3.0 ports (two by header), and gigabit Ethernet. The board features standard AMIBIOS, and some overclocker-accessible features such as power/reset switches and diagnostic LED.
17 Comments on TSeries TA990FXE Leads AM3+ Charge for Biostar
i like the red color
biostar board is friendly to your wallet and the performance is good
Looks like this new AM3+ T-Series board will be another good product from Biostar.
4+1 phase power means the board is in the same boat as previous MSI FX boards that used 4+1 and the number of those boards that burnt up and caught fire is crazy.
Shitty layout
Low quality 4+1 phase VRM
5 sata ports. I already use 5 gonna up that to 7 soon
with a better layout and vrm design the board would be worth a look as i can pass up sata ports if i need to but just damn great LOOKING board but lacking any real punch would rather just buy a better quality 990x board that will have better VRM and layout but be cheaper
However, only 5 SATA ports and the horrible expansion layout ruins the board anyway.
Those two were also quite affordable relatively, especially the ta890fxe.
and oh biostar boards popped to dont think they didnt give me a minute ill get the list for you all.
www.overclock.net/amd-cpus/943109-why-vrms-big-issue-why-choose.html
and heres a google spread sheet with all the info on the motherboards and there failures and why they failed
spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=0Avoxk_HEpJEbdDYyU3BOenBQRWhSdkpKejFwQzBUTXc&w=100&h=1400
now i dont give a damn HOW you want to word it a 4+1 phase vrm on a top end chipset board is just BS, in all respect this will probably be onyl $10-20 cheaper then a good 990FX and it probably wont even compare to a 990x that would be cheaper ill stand by my points 4+1 isnt enough if overclocking , stock sure, but then who buys a 990FX board for there own rig and stays at stock speeds?
and the 890 was a 4+2 this is a 4+1 thats slightly lower quality not by any large margin but it does mean the 990fx has a lesser vrm design then the 890