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Biostar Z270GT8 Review
Power Consumption & Temperatures »Finished Looks
Once up and running, the Biostar Z270GT8 and its LEDs look good, with all the lighting hidden within different parts of the board. This makes the lighting a bit subdued compared to that of other boards with LEDs. The POST display and touch panel are lit as well.
Rather than lighting up the part of the board where the audio is separated from the rest of the board, the LEDs are hiding inside the cover on the Biostar Z270GT8. I like this approach much better.
Test System
| Test System | |
|---|---|
| Processor: | Intel Core i7-7700K Kaby Lake 4.2 GHz, 8 MB Cache |
| Memory: | 2x 8 GB DDR4 3866 MHz G.Skill Trident-Z F4-3866C18D-16GTZ |
| Cooling: | Corsair Hydro H90 |
| BIOS Version: | 5.12 |
| Graphics Card: | MSI GTX 980 GAMING 4 GB |
| Harddisk: | 1x Crucial M4 128 GB SATA 6 Gb/s SSD (OS) 1x Crucial BX200 256 GB SATA 6 Gb/s SSD (Data) 1x Seagate Barracuda LP 2 TB (Data) 1x Samsung 950 PRO M.2 (NVMe) |
| Power Supply: | Thermaltake Smart Standard 750W |
| Case: | Lian Li T60 Test Bench |
| Software: | Windows 10 Pro 64-bit, NVIDIA GeForce 376.33 WHQL |
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