Biostar X670E Valkyrie Motherboard Review: Solid Features, Lacking Polish

Good for your AM5 basics, but the competition is more refined

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Biostar’s firmware on the X670E boards, like the others, doesn’t receive a significant facelift outside of some options exclusive to the new platform/CPU. There’s an EZ Mode and your more standard advanced mode with the different sections spanning the top. While it has many of the basics, the overclocking options are limited, especially with regard to memory. If you’re into tweaking every little thing to extract every ounce of performance, this isn’t the board that will do it. If you’re more of a set EXPO/XMP and forget it on the memory, this isn’t a concern (assuming your memory is on the QVL list). Overall, we like the BIOS, but it isn’t as polished as some of the other board partners and is limited with some overclocking functions.

Joe Shields
Joe Shields
Staff Writer, Components

Joe Shields is a staff writer at Tom’s Hardware. He reviews motherboards and PC components.

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