- AMD 970 + SB950
- Athlon Series / FX Series / Phenom II / Sempron
- DDR3 2000(OC)/ 1866/ 1600/ 1333/ 1066/ 800
works well enough
04/19/2014
This review is from: BIOSTAR TA970 Ver. 5.3 AM3+ AMD 970 + SB950 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard with UEFI BIOS
Pros:
this inexpensive (I did not say cheap) MB works well for my purposes, which is a low-cost but reasonable speed 6 core workstation/server build. I matched it with good hardware, and it has worked mostly flawlessly. If it were more expensive, I could ping it on a number of BIOS feature items, but for $50 on a combo price there is little point. I would recommend it for the price, and I would buy a Biostar MB again, but probably something with better BIOS management (and with UEFI)
Cons:
my main ping is the ANTIQUE BIOS control software. NO control over case or CPU fan speeds, in any state. For example, in sleep mode, which I use often, the fans just run and run at operating speeds, so I have this constant additional background noise and power consumption when running other workstations.
Just know this before purchase.
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- Philip C.
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