I mentioned on the lounge a few days ago that i was having some issues with VRM temperatures on my ASRock AB350 Gaming-ITX/ac. I spoke with ASRock directly and they instructed me to talk with my salesman first, so i did and got refunded due to the issue and lack of spare motherboards of the same type.
With no motherboard in hand i searched the local market and found the Biostar Racing X470GTN and i can get it by the end of this week.
What do you guys think of this model? I will surely lose some features like wi-fi, bluetooth and the ALC1220 audio codec, which i frankly donāt care about because i do not use them.
I never used or even seen a Biostar motherboard before, so iām a bit worried that i may throw my money away.
Nevermind, i gave up on the M-ITX, iām going back to ATX
Iāve used biostar. Alot. Before really being part of the forum, my systems were all biostar for the most part.
Granted it was pentium 4 machines, but I also overclocked them and the boards never melted.
So, atm I have this fight myself. Do I get an asrock fatality board, or, a biostar board? Never had issues and they were reliable from memory.
Let me say it this way. Iāve heard more complaints about asrock and asus than I have about these biostar boards.
I have possibly made my decision as wellā¦
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Chiming in, in support of AsRock.
I might be among the minority but Iāve had nothing but good experiences. Paired a 9590 with one of their boards a while ago and that system has been running for years (not mine unfortunately). As for my current rig, Iāve got an X99 Taichi and itās a fantastic board. Couldnāt have asked for better.
That said, Iāve had 3 Asus boards fail in the last 4 years. Given that Asus owns AsRock (iirc) it doesnāt make much sense to me. But I have yet to have a bad board from AsRock so thatās a plus I guess.
With that in mind, Iāve had Asus branded laptops over the years that Iāve loved. Theyāve been as reliable as hell and the keyboard are decent (a little OT, but just making a point).
As with all hardware, itās a hit or miss. People identify with brands too often
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Just to clear up the situation, i really canāt blame ASRock in this situation, iāve had numerous motherboards from them and sold multiple systems with their mobos, this is the very first issue iāve encountered (besides a minor BIOS chip error iāve had on a B85 years ago, which was as simple to fix as to change the socketed chip itself), besides, this model is not sold oficially where i reside, they had no obligation with it, thankfully the store i bought it from had the right attitude.
In fact, iām trying to find an X370 Taichi for a good price, i really like their boards.
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That is good to know, back when i lurked around the Tomās forums (right at time of the first batches of Intelās āiā CPUs) people talked a lot about these Biostar boards, and good things at that, but due to lack of official representation around here i never got to experience any boards from them until now.
And the price is right too, so it seems like a good buy.
Yeah. Iām buildingman itx machine, and the complaints I see are ābad at oc y u no oc itx bioshar poopā but, like, its itxā¦
They have good VRMās too, but not always with a heatsink. You might look into getting a small sink for it.
Theres also complains of a bios that isnāt mouse compatible. If you need windows xp based bios look at an asus board. If you donāt care, it doesnāt matter lol.
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Yeah, and its kinda tiring to maintain these things, too cramped, just not worth investing in the same mistake i did before.
I think standard ATX is like waaaay easier because you can get a fully featured motherboard for the same price, and you get more space for cooling as well.
Eh. Iām cowing on to itx. Just get it out of the way and stuff.
I mean, its nice to have a small system, much easier to take places and stuff, but its very limiting in comparison
@FaunCB do you know anything about Biostarās larger models, such as the X370GT5?
The price on those is really nice, and they look really good to boot
Seems that Toms recommended it though
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I got that one in the end, seemed to be a really nice choice that wouldnāt break the bank!
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