Introduction

What happens when a brand that mostly focuses on entry-level stuff offers a high-end product? Well, you get what we have here, the Biostar Z270GT8. A full-size motherboard with all the bells and whistles, the Biostar Z270GT8 offers something no other board I have had my hands on for Intel's Z270 platform offers... the Biostar Z270GT8 has a total of six PCIe x16 slots. Six! Given the limited PCIe connectivity that is native on the platform, the Biostar Z270GT8 definitely caught my interest.

So you are of course wondering how those slots connect to the CPU and what connectivity they have. I was too. According to the box, there are two PCIe 3.0 x16 and four PCIe 3.0 x4 slots. Might make for a great base for a bitcoin rig, perhaps? Mix that in with Biostar's excellent audio designs, a couple U.2 ports, USB 3.1 Type-C, RGB LED functions, and a host of other features, like dual BIOSes and such, and you've got what appears to be a rather excellent base for a decent high-end rig. While Biostar might not be the first name you think of for decent high-end products, it is clear that they are making an effort to change that.

Specifications