After playing with the Biostar TA75A+, we find it a mixed bag of results. The design is really good and efficient, and the color scheme offered is looking fantastically nice on an entry-level product, and a welcome surprise. However, with the early BIOS, and not being able to run 1866 MHz on our memories, our expectations were not met. AMD marks 1866 MHz memory clock speed as "stock" and the integrated graphics chip really needs high memory clocks to perform well. We did try lower memory clock frequencies, and they worked, but it is surprising for a retail product to not be able to meet the minimum requirements. We did try with several memory modules, using some of the most common memory ICs on the market, which many "budget" memory kits contain! With the Biostar TA75A+ not even being able to run stock with our multiple configurations, we're left with no other choice but to give it a significantly reduced score.
The prevailing issues with software updates for the board's BIOS is a big issue, too, as is the yellow SATA cables shipped with a red/black/white board. The audio results are fine, and that probably saves a bit of face here for Biostar. All that said though, the hardware is well designed, but the software side is very underwhelming. Fortunately, software can easily be updated at any time. For running an APU with a discrete VGA like a HD 6670, with an add-in audio card, and maybe a drive controller, this board makes a fantastic base for a custom HTPC, modded window et al included. I could imagine the board being a decent workhorse for specific applications like office/productivity/web browsing and of course as media PC, but the lack of a working 1866MHz divider with some pretty common memory is going to affect performance a fair bit when a discrete VGA is not added. For enthusiast gaming and overclocking you best look elsewhere.