Biostar has long been a great choice for users not looking for all the over-the-top stuff, but, rather, one or two of those more important features, like audio and a decent platform for a truly capable PC, without it breaking the bank. Generation over generation they have proven themselves to me with capable products, with some so capable they left me truly impressed. Biostar constantly hits a home run in design and pricing, but they do not cater to those looking to push overclocking limits. This new design is a start at attempting to do so, and while all the pre-requisite hardware is there, the BIOS does need some work to achieve world record overclocks, and that's perfectly normal for Biostar and just how I like it. Maybe Biostar's idea of "enthusiast" also includes writing custom BIOSes?

The Biostar Racing Z270GT4 is yet another one of those surprising products that just make sense in ways that might not be obvious to many, unless you have kids, I suppose. Many of us older "computer geeks" from decades gone past have families these days, and PCs and gaming are naturally part of that existence, never mind cellphones, Netflix, Instagram, and Facebook. When you want to tear your kid's eyes off of those tiny screens and get them back onto the larger screen that's a bit better for their eyes, it sometimes takes some flashy lights, and the Biostar Racing Z270GT4 has that in spades. This is the perfect upgrade option for your kid's little mATX rig they chunk away at Minecraft on, fancy new RGB LED fan included.

All the key components for a huge upgrade are here on the Biostar Racing Z270GT4, and the first starts with an M.2 port with decent speed and NVME support, so Windows loads the second you hit the power button. Toss in a GTX 1050 or GTX 1060 and maybe a 7350K, and when your kid wants a bit more CPU power, the board is ready to push those clocks up for a bit more longevity. Meanwhile, you've got a PC that'll do everything a PC should, including a bit of that overclocking, while just pulling meager wattage from the wall. Then, when you look at that price and consider the included RGB fan too, what is going on here?!? Overclocking and sub-300W power usage do not usually occur in the same sentence often, but Biostar's got a good reason here as to why they should.