Biostar seems to be really pushing their motherboards over the past 12 months. The Racing series looks pretty good, however it is enough to compete against the big boys like Asus, MSI and Gigabyte?
BIOSTAR showed off the industry’s first socket AM4 motherboard in the mini-ITX form-factor, the Racing X370-GTN, based on AMD’s top of the line X370 chipset. The board draws power from a combination of 24-pin ATX and 4-pin CPU power connectors, and supports all models of Ryzen processors, although we’re curious how XFR will work with such slim power inputs. The board conditions power for the SoC using a 7-phase VRM.
The socket AM4 chip is wired to two DDR4 DIMM slots, supporting up to 32 GB of dual-channel DDR4-2666 memory; the PCI-Express 3.0 x16 slot, and since this is an SoC, most of the board’s connectivity comes from the processor, too. This includes two out of the board’s four SATA 6 Gb/s ports, a 32 Gb/s M.2 slot (reverse side, unseen), 2-4 USB 3.0 ports, and the display I/O. The X370 chipset puts out two additional SATA 6 Gb/s ports, and wires out the HD audio (115 dBA SNR CODEC), and a Realtek DragonLAN GbE controller. The company didn’t reveal availability details.
Source: Techpowerup
More press release:
Enjoy Incredible Performance of AMD RYZEN with BIOSTAR X370GT5 Motherboard
February 24th, 2017, Taipei, Taiwan – BIOSTAR is thrilled to welcome its latest entry in the 2nd-Generation family of RACING Series motherboard with the RACING X370GT5 motherboard. Featuring support for the latest AMD RYZEN processors, users can enjoy the best of the new AMD platform together with the best of the BIOSTARRACING series. The RACING X370GT5 features superior gaming network optimization with FLY.NET and DRAGON LAN for an optimal online gaming experience. Light up your AMD RYZEN gaming system with the BIOSTARRACING exclusive feature, the 5050 LED Fun Zone so you can customize your system lights however you want. The X370 chipset also allows further performance enhancement on unlocked AMD RYZEN CPUs for the extra performance boost so you can get more out of your system, perfect for performance seekers and overclockers!
The RACING X370GT5 comes bundled with a free BIOSTAR VIVID LED Fan and will have an MSRP of $149.
BIOSTAR RACING 2nd-Gen Series Features
The full-wave of features from the 2nd-gen BIOSTAR motherboards echo throughout the series with features VIVID LED DJ support and 5050 LED Fun Zone with dual header for full customization freedom.
New Features to Enhance Gaming Performance
Break limits and enjoy uninhibited speed with BIOSTAR performance features that offer speed that gamers need to dominate their games. These new features will bring a new level of experience for gamers and enthusiasts.
