BIOSTAR Releases the X670E Valkyrie Motherboard

[LTUGamer]

You say that like thermaltake doesnt exist

At least they are not in motherboard market... yet

 

[mclaren85]

I really wish to know biostar market share. They surely try so hard but..

 

[Bones]

Tell me you haven't used a Biostar board in the last decade without directly saying it.

Been almost a decade by now and before that I hadn't period - And the really SHORT experience , as in less than 6 months - And that time frame Includes an RMA for another which died promptly too and why it died is what proved to me what a POS BioStar is overall.

And TBH I never will use one again.

Let me sum it up for you - The thing that killed it was a bad/defective stick of RAM.
When the stick shat it's drawers the BioStar choked on the spot and died so I then swapped everything over to another board (Asus).

My Asus detected it, laughed at it, said "Hey - You got a bad one here" and after swapping the bad stick out it kept going without a problem.

 

[Denver]

I will tell you secret. There is no difference between "budget" motherboard brands and "premium" motherboard brands. There is just budget motherboards and premium motherboards each brand have both of them.

For me, the quality of support, software and warranty is what defines a premium brand.

 

[ARF]

For me, the quality of support, software and warranty is what defines a premium brand.

The most important is to not have the design and assembly done by 9-year-old undergraduates somewhere in a no-name African country workshop.
I have nothing against these people to have something to do, but the area of consumer electronics is not for them.

 

[maxfly]

Being that biostar dropped out of mb everything a long time ago. I doubt anyone they had employed back then is still floating around with them. Most likely those biostar employees are working for one of the premium brands we so covet today. Hmmm, makes me wonder who actually does what, where, these days and if premium really means what we think it does. I'm willing to give them another try, if...
If our man ir_cow says yea, I may. If nay, I'll stay away.
Aren't I the clever one this cold ass morning? Haha

For me, the quality of support, software and warranty is what defines a premium brand.

Couldn't agree more. For me, that thins out an already very sparse list. Thankfully, the cold months are upon us...no more yardwork or calls to use my truck. A researchin I can go.

 

[shovenose]

I’ve had fine experiences with Biostar boards in the past. Not any better or worse than low end or mid range boards from competitors. Never tried anything high end from them though.

 

[wheresmycar]

I've never tried BIOSTAR boards before but its nice to see they're competing at the aesthetic level too with all the bells and whistles opposed to barebone skeletors.

 

[maxfly]

I’ve had fine experiences with Biostar boards in the past. Not any better or worse than low end or mid range boards from competitors. Never tried anything high end from them though.

Same here.
I don't think they really did anything high end but my memory sure isn't what it used to be.
I haven't used one since the intel 965/975 chipset days, it was cheap as chips and oced like a monster. I killed it eventually but I killed a lot of shit back then so no hard feelings at all.
I may give them a try again if they review well. With mb prices having gone full on retarded I'm open to pretty much anything.

 

[fluxc0d3r]

I had a Biostar Z87 before going with Asus Z690 build. Power surge took it out, otherwise I am pretty satisfied that it lasted me all these years.

I have huge regrets with Asus motherboards as their Armory Crate software is constantly giving me issues with their Fan Xpert. It takes months for the Asus tech team to address their issues with new updates. I can't believe how a software being updated constantly still has bugs, drives me crazy!

 

[Dr. Dro]

So much negativity! These Valkyrie boards are simply fantastic. Biostar has a winner lineup for once.

 

[Bones]

So much negativity! These Valkyrie boards are simply fantastic. Biostar has a winner lineup for once.

Surely you can understand why so many are not convinced of it based on personal experiences.

I'm one of those that had a bad experience with what I had twice in 6 months and what got me was HOW the last one died in the end.

Something any other board would have just indicated a bad stick or simply shown one not working killed the one I had outright. From that I'm not convinced their designs are anywhere near solid and doesn't help I've seen cheaper components used too such as Nikos MOSFETS for example - The very ones by name MSI was using back in the days of their top-tier AM3 boards that were frying and dying like lemmings at a dive meet.

I had one of those too (790FX-GD70) and yes, it did the same as the rest seemed to be doing at that time BUT at least MSI has picked up their game and is doing better these days.
The X570 MEG ACE I have now is a much better board and it's not even their top-tier offering for X570.

 

[Dr. Dro]

Surely you can understand why so many are not convinced of it based on personal experiences.

I'm one of those that had a bad experience with what I had twice in 6 months and what got me was HOW the last one died in the end.

Something any other board would have just indicated a bad stick or simply shown one not working killed the one I had outright. From that I'm not convinced their designs are anywhere near solid and doesn't help I've seen cheaper components used too such as Nikos MOSFETS for example - The very ones by name MSI was using back in the days of their top-tier AM3 boards that were frying and dying like lemmings at a dive meet.

I had one of those too (790FX-GD70) and yes, it did the same as the rest seemed to be doing at that time BUT at least MSI has picked up their game and is doing better these days.
The X570 MEG ACE I have now is a much better board and it's not even their top-tier offering for X570.

Bro how many eons ago was 790FX? It's grudges of the past. The Intel releases for this lineup have been solid thus far.

 

[InVasMani]

I had a P43 Biostar that board ran like a top. I'm sure Biostar has cheaper boards and more premium ones like all the rest. This valkyrie board however looks to be rather top shelf on quality.

 

[Bones]

Bro how many eons ago was 790FX? It's grudges of the past. The Intel releases for this lineup have been solid thus far.

You somehow missed the point - 790FX was in reference to the MSI, not the Biostar I had.
That was mentioned to make a point and nothing more.

The BioStar I had was their top tier AM3+ (TA 990-FXE) board and my "Grudge" is from what I described.
Two failures in a very short amount of time, both resulting in dead boards AND the last being strictly from a dead stick of RAM the other board laughed at doesn't speak well of their quality or engineering.

I'm not doubting some of their stuff was good and that some had a good experience with them - Any and all makes have their lemons and failures along the way right along with some good stuff too.

If you like BioStar, it's your choice to go with them but it's not my choice or ever will be again.
There is nothing else to say about it on my part - That's it.

 

[lexluthermiester]

Surely you can understand why so many are not convinced of it based on personal experiences.

Not really. Biostar has always made very solid products. I've never had a bad experience.

I'm one of those that had a bad experience with what I had twice in 6 months and what got me was HOW the last one died in the end.

I've had a similar experience with Gigabyte and MSI. EVERY company has a certain percentage of product that has a factory defect or goes bad. There are ZERO exceptions to this. Your experience was not the same as most who have bought from Biostar but is VERY similar to the experience others have had in general with a variety of brands.

You somehow missed the point

No, it's you that is missing the point and context. You will only convince us that you have a bad experience with Biostar, NOT that they are a bad company.

 

[Bones]

Not really. Biostar has always made very solid products. I've never had a bad experience.

That's good but only applies to you own personal experience, same as mine except for how things went.

I've had a similar experience with Gigabyte and MSI. EVERY company has a certain percentage of product that has a factory defect or goes bad. There are ZERO exceptions to this. Your experience was not the same as most who have bought from Biostar but is VERY similar to the experience others have had in general with a variety of brands.

I'll quote myself in response to this part of it here:

Any and all makes have their lemons and failures along the way right along with some good stuff too.

That only supports the statement you made and it's the truth either way.

No, it's you that is missing the point and context. You will only convince us that you have a bad experience with Biostar, NOT that they are a bad company.

And that was the point of it.

What's wrong with saying as much concerning my own experience? Either you did or didn't have a bad experience as I did, so I said it and why too.
I'm sure everyone else here has their own thoughts about it - In fact I know they do and all this is proof of it - And it's OK.

It's the same as those saying it's good for reasons of their own, which I don't have a problem with.

Yes - TBF I could be wrong but that's my opinion of it and why I think that, backed by real experience of what happened and the reason why, plus what happened afterwards too which is how I found out HOW it died.

*The "HOW" part being important to the point it was THE deciding factor for me.*

One would think Any board should be able to tolerate a simply bad stick of RAM without snuffing it, esp when other boards did with the same stick and had no problem over it.

I already know if you or anyone else believes something is bad, you'll say so and you have every right to and that's fair in itself - Again, I don't have an issue with it.

If you want one, get it and be happy - I'm not and that's fair enough all around.

 

[trsttte]

RIP pcie slot number one

 

[lexluthermiester]

RIP pcie slot number one

Why?

 

[sepheronx]

I didn't even know Biostar still made stuff. Last I remember was their nforce 2 ultra boards. Weren't bad.

 

[trsttte]

Why?

Every X670 board I've seen so far has the first x16 slot on the second position. Not a huge deal but I find it stupid, even more so when they don't have an m.2 above like other x670 boards have (and x570 commonly used the first slot with an m.2 above, not sure why they can't do that now)

 

[lexluthermiester]

Every X670 board I've seen so far has the first x16 slot on the second position. Not a huge deal but I find it stupid, even more so when they don't have an m.2 above like other x670 boards have (and x570 commonly used the first slot with an m.2 above, not sure why they can't do that now)

The board detailed specs have not been released so we don't know yet. Still, even if it's not a 16X slot, it's still useful as a slot for a M.2 host card, a capture card, a sound card, etc, etc...

I didn't even know Biostar still made stuff. Last I remember was their nforce 2 ultra boards. Weren't bad.

Really? Seems to have passed you by. They're not a big name, but they have been around. They are the current Kings of affordable full-featured motherboards.

 

[mplayerMuPDF]

I imported a Biostar board from Germany (it was not available in the US, at least at that time) for $116 in total because I did not know what else to buy, honestly. I had bought an MSI B450M M.2 Pro Max (still trying to get rid of it but seems that they are worth so little that nobody wants them even for less than $50 new in box) but then I read on Reddit about MSI Ryzen boards overvolting the CPU(!) out of the box or something like that so I decided to go with something else. What I had read about Gigabyte did not inspire a lot of confidence and ASUS North America customer service is apparently absolute garbage. Don't recall why I did not go with ASRock (they are part of ASUS though), maybe the particular boards I was interested in just had too many 1-star reviews on Amazon. But basically I said to h*ll with all these "respected" legacy board makers, I will go with Biostar because I could not find anything negative about their modern mid-end boards, just people saying they were bad because they had a bad experience with a $40 board in 2005 etc. I am very satisfied with it (except for the chipset but that is not Biostar's fault), including with the audio quality (despite the modest ALC887 chipset) and AGESA/UEFI support has been excellent. I like that they seem to do no-nonsense boards.

I do not understand why we should apparently hold Biostar in lower regard than the other manufacturers when those have had tons of issues and engaged in shameful practices. I mean, what do people really expect when buying a $40-50 board? Modern, more expensive Biostar boards are not comparable to those.

 

[Mussels]

So much negativity! These Valkyrie boards are simply fantastic. Biostar has a winner lineup for once.

You covered it yourself. They may be doing a huge comeback here, but we're allowed to be cautious.

This isn't their usual market

 

[lexluthermiester]

but we're allowed to be cautious.

But do we need to be? Biostar might not be a big company, but they have a solid reputation. There's no reason I can think of to believe that their newest efforts in the upper-end ranges of boards would not continue their good track record. I'm very excited for Biostar and fully encourage them. It'll be nice to have another company focused on upper-end boards.