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Great board
- Pros: Very nice board over all.
HD 3000 is no power house but packs enough power to do almost anything you need.
Bios is pretty simple and strait forward and has plenty of options.
AM2+ Got a Athlon II 250 in it and it's running amazingly.
- Cons: None.
- Other Thoughts: Took me a few looks at the bios to figure out how to overclock but after I figured it out it's easy.
Excellent Server Board
- Pros: Supports ECC memory. If you email Biostar, they will say that this board does not support ECC. However, there are ECC options in the motherboard (you can see them in the downloadable manual); likewise, memtest86 detects the ECC capabilities. There are fairly detailed threads about this board on SilentPCReview and HardForum that explore the ECC situation.
This board also has very low power consumption. Note the simple VRM area: that means the board will not support high-wattage CPUs, but I consider that a positive. Pair this board with a low-wattage CPU, and you have an excellent platform for a very low power fileserver/NAS box. Again on SilentPCReview, there is a thread that details a configuration that uses less than 30 watts AC.
A final major win for me is that the PCIe x16 slot can be used for more than just video. Some boards, e.g. the Gigabyte GA-MA74GM-S2, only support video cards in the x16 slot.
- Cons: For the price, I don't think there are any real cons. It would be nice if Biostar "officially" supported ECC. Other minor points/nice-to-haves: a bigger northbridge/GPU heatsink (although I haven't had any problems at all); all solid capacitors. These are extremely minor quibbles in an otherwise very high value motherboard.
- Other Thoughts: No problems/works great with Linux. The CentOS 5.x driver for the LAN chipset (Realtek 8111C) is too old, but you can download the newer driver from Realtek. Newer distributions probably include this driver by default.
For about six months, I've been running a fileserver built on this motherboard, AMD 5050e CPU, 2x2GB ECC RAM, and 4x1TB RAID5 (using Linux's excellent "md" software RAID). The system has been running 24/7 with zero problems.
I bought this board "open box" on a whim, and am now considering buying a second just because I believe it's such a great value. The low-power features plus ECC options make it an extremely rare find at this price point (even at 2x the price it would be a good value).
Always a good brand
- Pros: This was the 5th Biostar board I have bought over the last 2 years. I have never had a problem with this board. Install in case/put in CPU connect power and extras/turn on, and away you go.
- Cons: 24port and 4 port power needed on board. That's it. that's the only thing I can say bad about the board.
- Other Thoughts: Biostar has a loyal customer in me for a long long time :D
Extremely satisfied.
| Model |
| Brand |
BIOSTAR |
| Model |
A760G M2+ |
| Supported CPU |
| CPU Socket Type |
AM2+/AM2 |
| CPU Type |
Phenom / Athlon 64 X2 / Athlon 64 / Sempron |
| FSB |
2600MHz Hyper Transport (5200 MT/s) |
| Chipsets |
| North Bridge |
AMD 760G |
| South Bridge |
AMD SB710 |
| Memory |
| Number of Memory Slots |
2×240pin |
| Memory Standard |
DDR2 1066/800
(1066 by AM2+ CPU) |
| Maximum Memory Supported |
8GB |
| Channel Supported |
Dual Channel |
| Expansion Slots |
| PCI Express 2.0 x16 |
1 |
| PCI Express x1 |
1 |
| PCI Slots |
2 |
| Storage Devices |
| PATA |
1 x ATA100 2 Dev. Max |
| SATA 3Gb/s |
6 |
| SATA RAID |
0/1/10 |
| Onboard Video |
| Onboard Video Chipset |
ATI Radeon 3000 |
| Onboard Audio |
| Audio Chipset |
Realtek ALC662 |
| Audio Channels |
6 Channels |
| Onboard LAN |
| LAN Chipset |
Realtek 8111C |
| Max LAN Speed |
10/100/1000Mbps |
| Rear Panel Ports |
| PS/2 |
2 |
| Video Ports |
D-Sub + DVI |
| USB 1.1/2.0 |
4 x USB 2.0 |
| Audio Ports |
3 Ports |
| Onboard USB |
| Onboard USB |
3 x USB 2.0 Header |
| Physical Spec |
| Form Factor |
Micro ATX |
| Dimensions |
8.6" x 7.9" |
| Power Pin |
24 Pin |
| Manufacturer Warranty |
| Parts |
3 years limited |
| Labor |
2 years limited |
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Reviewed By: The Hedgehog on 12/27/2009
Tech Level: somewhat high - Ownership: 1 day to 1 week
