Biostar Unveils Its LGA1150 Motherboards

By Tarun Iyer
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The company's new line of motherboards for 4th Generation Intel CPUs includes the HiFi-B85S2, the HiFi-Z87X3D and the HiFi-H87S3+.

At this year's CeBIT, Biostar revealed three new LGA1150 motherboards that feature the company's Puro HiFi on-board audio technology and a number of other interesting features. Starting off the line-up is the HiFi-H87S3+ mATX motherboard which is based on the Intel H87 chipset features 4 DDR3 DIMMs, one PCIe 3.0 x16 and legacy PCI slot and two PCIe 2.0 x1 slots. Also included are 2 USB 3.0 ports, six SATA 6 Gb/s connectors and DVI, D-Sub and HDMI outputs.

The HiFi-B85S2 is a slim ATX motherboard based on the B85 express chipset and features 2 DDR3 DIMMs, one PCIe 3.0 x16, PCIe 2.0 x16 (wired to the PCH) and two PCIe x1 and legacy PCI slots. The board also holds six SATA 6 Gb/s connectors, gigabit ethernet, 4 USB 3.0 and DVI, D-Sub and HDMI outputs.

Biostar's high-end offering is the HiFi-Z87X 3D which is based on the over-clocking friendly Z87 chipset and features support for 3 way SLI / CrossfireX courtesy of its two PCIe 3.0 x16 and single PCIe 2.0 x16 slots. Also included are three PCIe 2.0 x1 slots, 4 DDR3 DIMMs, six SATA 6 Gb/s connectors, USB 3.0 and DVI, D-Sub and HDMI outputs.

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27 Comments Comment from the forums
  • anthonyorr
    Ugly seems to be the standard look for Z87s shown so far.
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  • ubercake
    Hard to get excited about Haswell other than the possibility to save me $0.30 a month on my electric bill. Anyone have the skinny on why it makes sense other than power?
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  • soundping
    A head rolling on the highway look better.
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  • quark004
    these are prototypes i think
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  • TheBigTroll
    haswell uses more power. what are you talking about?

    and about the motherboard, hey they fixed the usb3 location
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  • jaquith
    Hmm...no more LEGO Land color scheme...what a relief.
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  • ubercake
    TheBigTrollhaswell uses more power. what are you talking about?...So Haswell just doesn't make much sense?
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  • TheBigTroll
    10487216 said:
    TheBigTrollhaswell uses more power. what are you talking about?...So Haswell just doesn't make much sense?

    nah. it performs better but uses more power. i was referring to the guy who mentioned that haswell will probably save him 30 cents a month
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  • nevertell
    anthonyorrUgly seems to be the standard look for Z87s shown so far.lostmyclanugly as hellYes, because looks matter.
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  • anonymous_user
    ubercakeHard to get excited about Haswell other than the possibility to save me $0.30 a month on my electric bill. Anyone have the skinny on why it makes sense other than power?This won't matter for serious gamers, but doesn't Haswell offer significantly improved integrated graphics? Might be nice for laptops.
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