Biostar TA870U3+ AMD 870 ATX DDR3 1333 AM3 Motherboard
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- 2 x USB 3.0 ports which can transfer up to 10x faster than USB 2.0
- CrossfireX Support (x16, x4)
- Supports all AM3 Processors. (140w TDP)
- 6 x SATA3 6Gbps
- 10/100/1000 Gigabit Ethernet
- 100% Solid Capacitors
- 6 Channel HD Audio
Socket AM3 AMD 870 Discrete Motherboard that supports all the latest AMD technologies and processors.
Biostar motherboard
Biostar TA870U3+ AMD 870 ATX DDR3 1333 AM3 Motherboard
List Price: $ 89.99
Price:
What I wanted for a good price,
The board it self works perfectly, while it is tight around some of the pcie slots I already knew that especially with larger graphic cards that might be an issue. Other than that I put it in to my rig and it worked with out a hitch.
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|Wonderful,
Wonderful board. I bought this board with an AMD3 Phenom II x6 1055T and it works flawlessly together. Now… I did buy this board, DDR3 8GB RAM, and a nice heatsink for the fan, New Video Card whilst only to find out my hard drive is failing so I have random lock-ups but that is through no fault of this board. The board performs wonderfully and it’s a great way to shave a few bucks off of building a new PC while having a great board.
Pros:
Has some USB 3.0
SATAIII (6/GBs) is really nice
Supports up to 16GB of RAM. More than you really need which is ALWAYS nice.
Has some nice room for extra CPU heatsink.
Having a POSTing issue? The DEBUG LED is a wonderful feature.
Cons: (I’m really just being picky here and stretching to find issues…)
Only 2 USB 3.0 ports and they are on the back only.
As with ALL modern motherboards… Once you buy a decent sized Graphics Card… It covers up one of the PCI-E 16 slots. Unless you really need those though, not really a huge issue.
No legacy IDE plug. (I KNOW this shouldn’t even be a gripe but I frantically had to find a way to install Win 7 from a flash drive because I didn’t have a SATA Optical Drive when I built my PC.
Final statement: WONDERFUL motherboard and well worth the buy. Shaves a few bucks off the total price of a PC and if you are on a budget, this is the motherboard to use while building a great system for a solid buck.
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|Dead on arrival…,
I’ve been working in the IT field for nearly 10 years now and have been building systems for longer than that. On paper, the Biostar TA870U3+ looks like a great board, and it probably is, but I’ll never know because the one I ordered was dead-on-arrival. While I was troubleshooting it and trying to figure out what was going on, I quickly discovered that while many were satisfied by this particular board, there was a smaller percentage that either received a dead one, like myself, or had theirs die within a few months. That was enough for me, so I returned it and opted for another board. I’m a fan of Biostar products, in general, but this is one to steer clear from.
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