Announcing the Winners of BIOSTAR HiFi Contest

btarunr · May 3, 2013

Presenting the winners of the BIOSTAR HiFi Contest. In April, we ran a Facebook giveaway in collaboration with BIOSTAR, giving away three A85W-HiFi socket FM2 motherboards to participants from the US, with a catchphrase that best describes the awesome Puro HiFi integrated audio solution you with with these motherboards. Without further ado, the winners:

Andrew from Minneapolis, MN
Jesse from Coeur d'Alene, ID
Daniel from Folsom, CA

Huge congrats to you guys! Have fun with your new A85W-HiFi! TechPowerUp will return with more interesting contests.

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AlienIsGOD · May 3, 2013

to the winners

Sasqui · May 3, 2013

AlienIsGOD said:
to the winners

Ditto, with a tinge of jealousy

ogharaei · May 3, 2013

FreedomEclipse · May 3, 2013

Sasqui said:
Ditto, with a tinge of jealousy

Id say your jealousy is misplaced, Biostar are hardly the 'Rolls Royce' of motherboard manufacturers. Most reviews give it a rather 'middle of the road' rating given its specs.

For a few dollars or pounds more you can have a decent budget MSI board that has more support for SLi and Xfire and doesnt gimp the bottom 16x PCI-E lane to 4x via hardware.

though a free board is still a free board. It will provide a good base for a budget build but thats about it.

Ikaruga · May 3, 2013

congrats to the winners

theonedub · May 3, 2013

btarunr said:
Daniel from Folsom, CA

Cool to see someone very local score a prize :toast:

guitarfreaknation · May 6, 2013

theonedub said:
Cool to see someone very local score a prize

I'm actually from Sacramento. :toast:

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Announcing the Winners of BIOSTAR HiFi Contest

btarunr

Editor & Senior Moderator

AlienIsGOD

Vanguard Beta Tester

Sasqui

ogharaei

FreedomEclipse

~Technological Technocrat~

Ikaruga

theonedub

habe fidem

guitarfreaknation

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