BIOSTAR X670E VALKYRIE Review

Name: BIOSTAR X670E VALKYRIE
Brand: Biostar

ir_cow

on Oct 7th, 2022,

in Motherboards.

Manufacturer: Biostar

Board Software »

BIOS Overview

Clocks	Range	Interval
CPU Ratio:	90.01–500.00	0.01
Infinity Fabric:	1000–3000 MHz	N/A
Memory:	DDR5-2000 – DDR5-8000	N/A
Voltages	Range	Interval
CPU Voltage:	1.005 – 2.5 V	0.005 V
SoC Voltage:	1.005 – 2.0 V	0.005 V
DRAM Voltage:	1.10 V - 1.430 V	0.010 V
IMC Voltage:	1.10 V - 1.500 V	0.010 V

Initial impressions of the first BIOS released (5.26 / X67AE831) are good. This BIOS revision is fully functional. Upon first boot, BIOSTAR X670E VALKYRIE easy mode (EZ-Mode) is the first menu you will encounter. This has the main functions most users are after to get their system setup. Here you will have access to system information like CPU, Memory and connected devices. NVMe, USB, Optical drives and SATA device boot priority can be set as well. This menu also includes easy XMP/EXPO memory profile access, which is the main reason to go into the BIOS for many people. Lastly fan control can be here as well.

By pressing F7, you will enter the "Advanced" BIOS. In this mode, many of the motherboard functions are expanded upon. Usually a majority of these settings will be left on AUTO, but say for instance you need to disable ReSize Bar support, it can be done here. However, many specific settings such as disabling PCIE slots and M.2 sockets, or forcibly changing the PCIe slots to be Gen3 / Gen4 are missing entirely. Unlikely as it is to be used, that is the point of the advanced BIOS mode. It should provide users with access to functions that generally should be left on AUTO, until the need to troubleshoot a specific issue.

Over in the Tweakers tab, is where all the CPU and memory related settings are found. It is a little sparse in some areas related to CPU overclocking, when compared to other vendors motherboards. For example, if you want to manually set the PWM frequency, control amount of power stages are active at once, or change the Load-Line Cailbration, those settings are absent altogether. Even the memory DRAM voltage is limited to 1.430 V, which is a questionable decision on BIOSTAR's part. While this motherboard is perfectly capable of CPU overclocking, it is best to perform those actions in software (if possible) for now when using this motherboard.

Note: Future BIOS updates may include these missing overclocking orientated functions.