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Get more for your money with the TFORCE TA790GX motherboard by BIOSTAR. This ATX board supports AMD's Socket AM2 and AM2+ single- and multi-core CPU's including the Phenom, Athlon 64 X2 and Sempron processors. Install up to 16GB of DDR2 memory with dual channel support to power through complex operations. Hyper Transport 3.0 technology massively increases the CPU bandwidth at lower power levels for cooler operation.
The board features the AMD 790GX chipset with an integrated ATI Radeon HD 3300 graphics adapter. Two PCI Express 2.0 x16 slots support CrossfireX technology to deliver maximum horsepower to take on any graphics challenge. It supports HDMI output – letting you display your video on any HD flat-screen television. The onboard audio chipset delivers 8+2 channels of sound to enhance your viewing or gaming experience.
Besides the two PCI-Express 2.0 x16 lanes for the CrossFireX video, there are also 2 PCI-Express 2.0 x1 and 2 PCI slots providing the flexibility for further system enhancements. Storage won't be a problem with six SATA 3 Gb/s connectors. Four USB 2.0 ports allow you to attach peripherals and integrated Ethernet lets you connect to a home or business network.
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Great board, great value.
- Pros: Great board. Loads of options in the BIOS. Everything worked like a charm, straight from the initial installation. Even with mismatched RAM (before I got my PI Blacks), everything ran smooth as silk. On stock cooling, I was able to overclock my x3 720 to a max of 3.888ghz. We'll see what I can pull off with a Core Contact.
- Cons: None that I've seen.
- Other Thoughts: Even with my mismatched RAM (1gb DDR2 667, 2x 256mb DDR2 533...hey, it's all I had at first.) it ran like a charm, and I was able to overclock to 3.775ghz max. This board coupled with an x3 720 is a force to be reckoned with.
Definitely strong board!
- Pros: Board installed easily and accepted my Phenom II x3 710 with no problems at all. The bios shows that it's very easy to overclock, with good automatic overclocking features that I haven't tested yet.
The 2 nVidia graphics cards that I tested in it don't seem to run at full potential and the biostar technician that I talked to said that it's either a defective card (8800 GTX and 6800GT) or that the PCIE slot was defective. I'm going to vote that the cards are bad, and switch to a Radeon 4850 here soon. The tech support was very quick with responses.
The onboard LED indicators show exactly what's wrong when you boot, if anything (VGA error, memory, or CPU). If both are on, you have 0 errors. The board is a little smaller than my previous one, a gigabyte NF4 which may be a pro for some people. It runs the processor at 20C idle, and the system stays at 22C idle. I can't wait to OC this thing!
Very sturdy and durable motherboard. Cons became minor problems
The manual is very info
- Cons: THE PCI-E MASTER SLOT IS ON THE BOTTOM! My big graphics cards block 1 of 2 regular PCI slots! I can only put my soundcard in next to the master video card, and they are VERY VERY close together. It worried me a little, so I moved some fans around in my case.
6 Sata slots, but they are facing the front of the case, which I don't personally like, but some people may. (It will keep the wires towards the front of the computer, away from the mobo, if wired correctly.
The driver CD that was sent won't read on any computer I put it in, so I can't use any of the programs that came with the motherboard until I return or get a new disk.
The power HDD, +/- LED, reset and power buttons aren't color coded correctly but the book has everything on the motherboard labeled correctly.
- Other Thoughts: I torched a 500W PSU and an old IDE Hard drive while messing around with all of my graphics cards and wiring options, but it didn't hurt the mobo at all. The capacitors claim to have 6.5x the life of regular capacitors, which I'd believe after that little mishap.
Only 3 fan slots exist on the motherboard (1 CPU fan, and 2 regular fan slots.) Which bothered me a bit, because they are spaced out and the 3rd, at the bottom, is located behind my sound card.
All in all, I beat this thing to hell the first day I had it, and it took everything I threw at it and still booted properly. I never hurt the CPU or anything electronic on the board.
Onboard graphics saved me while I was messing around with my graphics cards, but for someone without a VGA adapter you might be a little lost if you have the problems I encountered.
Good board, good buy. Thanks biostar and I hope your board lasts me as long as it claims to.
| Model | TFORCE TA790GX 128M |
| CPU Socket Type | AM3/AM2+/AM2 |
| CPU Type | Phenom II / Athlon X4 / Athlon X3 / Athlon X2 |
| FSB | 2600MHz Hyper Transport (5200 MT/s) |
| North Bridge | AMD 790GX |
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I'm happy with it
- Pros: Good for a gamer on a budget as you can use your old DDR2 RAM if you don't want to spend money on DDR3. Six SATA ports suit me well. I hear the onboard video is not terrible, but I've got two 5770s, so I'm not really using it.
- Cons: I hear some people have had BIOS issues with AM3 procs. I've got a Phenom II 940 AM2+, so I didn't run into that problem. The "Master-Slave" layout is kinda silly. I didn't think boards were supposed to need that anymore. It would have also been nice if Biostar included spots on the right edge to screw into motherboard spacers. It kinda makes installing RAM, the power supply, and an IDE drive a little scary--you feel like you might snap the board.
- Other Thoughts: I saw a couple reviews that noted you couldn't Crossfire certain cards. Just to make it clear--you can do a dual card setup, just some cards won't work with the onboard video. The manual that comes with the board only goes up to the 4800 series, but believe me, the 5000 series crossfired works great.
an awesome board
- Pros: absolutely amazing board; has a great layout, great number of ports, crossfire. the integrated graphics card makes playing farcry 2 on max settings a breeze. not only that but the biostar customer support is great as well. when i lost my drivers CD they responded quickly to my emails and it was easy to find the downloads for the drivers. got this bundled with a AMD 3.2ghz quadcore a year ago for about 250 bucks, great combo, and im loving it.
- Cons: ... blue? why is it blue? with the name BIO you would think it would be green.
taking your 5 eggs down to 4.98694 eggs.
- Other Thoughts: great board, and the biostar team is great as well.. though, blue?
Whats the deal with this thing?
- Pros: Great overclocking settings in BIOS.
- Cons: Now the weird thing. When I got this mobo, I installed a AMD Phenom X3 720 and it was fine, this is before the BIOS updates were available for AM3 chips. I OC'd the chip to over 3.5 ghz and it all was very stable. Couldn't unlock the 4th core sadly. Anyways when I ran the bios update, I was unable to boot the system with the same CPU settings. The absolute Max i can run satble is 3.3 ghz. Okay.. I guess I can live with that. So i have it for almost a year and the other day I turn on the PC and it doesn't POST. NO LED ligfhts on the MOBO= cpu or chipset error. Called BIOstar and RMA'd the board the next day.. Waiting for my replacement now.
- Other Thoughts: Turned the computer off for literally 20 minutes, which is probably the most time the computer has been off in the year i have the board, then go to burn it bck on and nothing. Hopefully BIOSTAR gets me my new board soon!
Also, as always NEWEGG is topnotch!
| Model |
| Brand |
BIOSTAR |
| Model |
TFORCE TA790GX 128M |
| Supported CPU |
| CPU Socket Type |
AM3/AM2+/AM2 |
| CPU Type |
Phenom II / Phenom / Athlon X2 / Athlon 64 X2 / Sempron
(AMD 140W processor support) |
| FSB |
2600MHz Hyper Transport (5200 MT/s) |
| Chipsets |
| North Bridge |
AMD 790GX |
| South Bridge |
AMD SB750 |
| Memory |
| Number of Memory Slots |
4×240pin |
| Memory Standard |
DDR2 800/1066(1066 by AM2+ CPU) |
| Maximum Memory Supported |
16GB |
| Channel Supported |
Dual Channel |
| Expansion Slots |
| PCI Express 2.0 x16 |
2 x PCI-E x16 2.0 Slot (CFX x8) |
| PCI Express x1 |
2 |
| PCI Slots |
2 |
| Storage Devices |
| PATA |
1 x ATA100 2 Dev. Max |
| SATA 3Gb/s |
6 |
| SATA RAID |
0/1/5/10 |
| Onboard Video |
| Onboard Video Chipset |
ATI Radeon HD 3300 |
| Onboard Audio |
| Audio Chipset |
Realtek ALC888 |
| Audio Channels |
8 Channels |
| Onboard LAN |
| LAN Chipset |
Realtek 8111C |
| Max LAN Speed |
10/100/1000Mbps |
| Rear Panel Ports |
| PS/2 |
2 |
| Video Ports |
D-Sub + DVI |
| HDMI |
1 x HDMI |
| USB 1.1/2.0 |
4 x USB 2.0 |
| Audio Ports |
6 Ports |
| Onboard USB |
| Onboard USB |
3 x USB 2.0 Header |
| Physical Spec |
| Form Factor |
ATX |
| Power Pin |
24 Pin |
| Packaging |
| Package Contents |
TFORCE TA790GX 128M
Driver Disk
User Manual
Rear I/O Panel Shield
IDE/PATA Cable
SATA Cable
4-pin to SATA Power Cable |
| Manufacturer Warranty |
| Parts |
3 years limited |
| Labor |
2 years limited |
Introduction
Get more for your money with the TFORCE TA790GX motherboard by BIOSTAR. This ATX board supports AMD's Socket AM2 and AM2+ single- and multi-core CPU's including the Phenom, Athlon 64 X2 and Sempron processors. Install up to 16GB of DDR2 memory with dual channel support to power through complex operations. Hyper Transport 3.0 technology massively increases the CPU bandwidth at lower power levels for cooler operation.
The board features the AMD 790GX chipset with an integrated ATI Radeon HD 3300 graphics adapter. Two PCI Express 2.0 x16 slots support CrossfireX technology to deliver maximum horsepower to take on any graphics challenge. It supports HDMI output – letting you display your video on any HD flat-screen television. The onboard audio chipset delivers 8+2 channels of sound to enhance your viewing or gaming experience.
Besides the two PCI-Express 2.0 x16 lanes for the CrossFireX video, there are also 2 PCI-Express 2.0 x1 and 2 PCI slots providing the flexibility for further system enhancements. Storage won't be a problem with six SATA 3 Gb/s connectors. Four USB 2.0 ports allow you to attach peripherals and integrated Ethernet lets you connect to a home or business network.
Highlights
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Socket AM2+ Processor Support
The Biostar TA790GX supports single- and multi-core socket AM2+ and AM2 processors including Phenom, Athlon 64 and Sempron CPUs. This Socket AM2+ motherboard is ready for AMD’s latest 45nm socket AM3 processors, providing a cost-effective solution for future upgrades.
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Integrated ATi Radeon HD3300 GPU
With full support for DirectX 10, the ATi Radeon HD3300 GPU with 128MB on-board memory delivers movie-quality effects for the latest DirectX 10 games. Expect super smooth DVD and HD video playback with built-in hardware MPEG2/4 decoding.
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ATI CrossFireX technology and ATI Hybrid Graphics Support
ATi Hybrid Graphics platform technology allows you to combine the performance of the HD3300 integrated GPU with an applicable ATI Radeon graphics card to bring enhanced gaming performance, productivity and power efficiency. ATi CrossFireX enables two discrete ATi Radeon graphics cards to work together for even greater 3D performance.
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SATA II with RAID Support
The second generation SATA interface delivers up to 300MB/sec transfer speed, doubling that of the first generation Serial ATA. The on-board six SATA II ports support RAID 0, 1, 5, 10 and JBOD for better performance, enhanced data security, and flexible capacity upgrades.
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HDMI Output
The Biostar TA790GX features an HDMI output for connection to your high-definition video equipment. With the HDMI interface ensuring lossless transmission of high-quality HD video signals, play back HD contents on your computer and view them on your large HDTV set for more comfort.
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Gigabit Ethernet Connectivity
The Biostar TA790GX features a fast Gigabit network interface for high-speed LAN connections at up to 1000Mbps data transfer rates with advanced security features to ward off malicious attacks. Gigabit LAN is ideal for supercharged seamless streaming of Internet audio and video content.
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Quick Specs
| Brand | BIOSTAR |
| Form Factor | ATX |
| North Bridge | AMD 790GX |
| CPU Socket Type | AM3/AM2+/AM2 |
| CPU Type | Phenom II / Athlon X4 / Athlon X3 / Athlon X2 |
| Memory Standard | DDR2 1066 |
| Channel Supported | Dual Channel |
| Maximum Memory Supported | 16GB |
| SATA 3Gb/s | 6 |
| SATA RAID | 0/1/5/10 |
| Max LAN Speed | 10/100/1000Mbps |
| PCI Express 2.0 x16 | 2 |
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Reviewed By: Pete on 4/10/2009
Tech Level: high - Ownership: 1 week to 1 month
