Biostar TPower X79

Introduction - Biostar TPower X79

The X79 Chipset has definitely shown its power and the variety of boards has been constantly growing. As a matter of fact, boards have been piling up here at Bjorn3D!

Today, we have an entry from a pretty unlikely contestant for the enthusiasts market: the TPower X79 from Biostar. The reason we say unlikely is because Biostar has been more known for its lower cost basic-model motherboards, but the TPower line has had pretty impressive performance from boards with a very low cost. This board carrying the TPower name has a very reasonable price. At $229.99, this board is in the Sandy Bridge LGA 1155 board price range. The top end and only offering at this time from Biostar, we hope the TPower X79 can perform well, as this would push other manufacturers to be competitive. Since it is an enthusiast's board with the X79 chipset, we know that the TPower X79 comes with native support for PCI-E 3.0 along with quad channel memory support and multi GPU performance that should make for some excellent performance. Anyone who is familiar with the TPower models knows their history, with boards such as the TPower i45 that held some of the top performance records in FSB overclocking. We have high hopes for the TPower X79.

In this review we will look at the Biostar TPower X79 and what features it does or does not carry, that will help us tell you if this board is worth the $229.99 price tag it carries presently.