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- Manufacturer Limited Warranty period (parts): 3 years
- Manufacturer Limited Warranty period (labor): 2 years
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Low power, upgradable
- Pros: °Worked first time, boots reliably, both on HD and CD/DVD.
°Surprisingly little power draw for typical use (such as writing this review) of 46 watts.
°Overclocking the CPU / GPU / Sideport/ DRAM clocks are easy, with three primary choices: Normal, "Factory Overclock" (3 choices) and "Manual". Voltages are easy to set too.
°I really appreciate the built-in Memtest, to make sure that clock & voltage tweaks aren't going to result in crashes.
°Ability to move up to an AM3 processor, such as an Athlon II or Phenom II without tossing the board.
°The most "bang-for-the-buck" of any of the 785G boards
- Cons: °All the bright LEDs inside could use a little dimming. In a closed case, they don't have any function.
°I also think I'd have made the "Status" and the "Power" lights different colors.
°HDMI connector would have been nice, as well as a digital audio out. °AMD/ATI needs to get off the stick and release better Linux drivers for the 785G chipset. The GForce 6100 board I have will easily run Compiz (3D desktop effects) - with a 1.9GHz Athlon X2! This same criticism would be for any 785G board.
°No underclocking the processor.
°None of these are game-changers (or rating-changers), as it's still a great value.
- Other Thoughts: °Unlike "drdancm" I've bought several Biostar boards in the last 8 years and not had problems with them. (The only board I've had to return in that time was one ASRock board.)
°My system includes this board, 2GB Kingston DRAM, Athlon X2 4850e 2.5GHz 45W, Seagate ST3250410AS (250GB), LITE-ON DVD±R Burner, OpenSuSE 11.2 Linux. I've not upgraded the BIOS yet, but I doubt there will be much change in my opinion.
°I'm still waiting for NewEgg to get some greener CPUs in, like the 45w Athlon II 605e!
°(Disclaimer: I used to work for nVidia, as an engineer there.)
Rock Solid
- Pros: This board performs well. I play games like combatarms, AVA, and warrock and this board holds it own at 1024-768. Now it's still like the 780g with the 3200 chipset, but more refined to run cooler and more stable.
I also was able to drop in a Athlon II x2 2.7ghz to add some serious speed, over the previous Sempron I had.
- Cons: It's only an IGP and not a video card.
- Other Thoughts: Biostar has always treated me right. And I yet to get a bad product from them, or newegg.
Nice board
- Pros: Upgradable board, if your on a budget it supports a lot of different cpu's and ram so you don't need top of the line right off the bat. The onboard graphics are pretty good too for right out of the box. I don't do a bunch of gaming but I am picky about movie quality. Other mobo graphics make 1080p look bad. I have had no issues with this board unlike other poorly made ones. I like that this is AM3 so when the cpu and memory are cheaper botta bing botta boom.
- Cons: Board didn't come with 2 pciex for crossfire. I don't do much on the gaming side so 1 video card will do for me but I like a board with the options in case I go that route in the future without having to get another board.
- Other Thoughts: *NZXT Beta Series CS-NT-BETA-B Black Steel / Plastic ATX Mid Tower
*AMD Athlon 64 X2 6000+ Windsor 3.0GHz 2 x 1MB L2 Cache Socket AM2 125W Dual-Core Processor
*APEVIA ATX-AQ700W-BK 700W ATX12V / EPS12V
*2gb ram
*OS Booting with: Western Digital VelociRaptor WD1500HLFS 150GB 10000 RPM 16MB Cache SATA
*2x Western Digital Caviar Black WD5001AALS 500GB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA - Setup on Raid
| Model |
| Brand |
BIOSTAR |
| Model |
TA785GE 128M |
| Supported CPU |
| CPU Socket Type |
AM3/AM2+/AM2 |
| CPU Type |
Phenom II / Phenom / Athlon II / Athlon64 /Sempron |
| FSB |
2600MHz Hyper Transport (5200 MT/s) |
| Chipsets |
| North Bridge |
AMD 785G |
| South Bridge |
AMD SB710 |
| Memory |
| Number of Memory Slots |
4×240pin |
| Memory Standard |
DDR2 533/667/800/1066(1066 by AM2+ CPU) |
| Maximum Memory Supported |
16GB |
| Channel Supported |
Dual Channel |
| Expansion Slots |
| PCI Express 2.0 x16 |
1 |
| PCI Slots |
2 |
| Storage Devices |
| PATA |
1 x ATA133 2 Dev. Max |
| SATA 3Gb/s |
6 |
| SATA RAID |
0/1/10 |
| Onboard Video |
| Onboard Video Chipset |
Integrated ATI Radeon HD4200 DX10.1 Graphics
128M side-port graphic memory |
| Onboard Audio |
| Audio Chipset |
Realtek ALC662 |
| Audio Channels |
6 Channels |
| Onboard LAN |
| LAN Chipset |
Realtek 8111DL |
| Max LAN Speed |
10/100/1000Mbps |
| Rear Panel Ports |
| PS/2 |
2 |
| Video Ports |
D-Sub + DVI |
| USB 1.1/2.0 |
4 x USB 2.0 |
| Audio Ports |
3 Ports |
| Onboard USB |
| Onboard USB |
3 x USB header (support 6 ports) |
| Physical Spec |
| Form Factor |
Micro ATX |
| Features |
| Features |
AMD Cool ‘n’ Quiet Technology
Low ESR polymer solid capacitor designation for CPU power supply up to 140W
Green Power Utility (G.P.U.) for Energy Saving
X.D.C Solid Caps
Rapid Switch, Power Indicator LED
BIO-Flash, BIO-Relife2
T-series Utilities |
| Manufacturer Warranty |
| Parts |
3 years limited |
| Labor |
2 years limited |
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Reviewed By: NoCaDrummer on 2/7/2010
Tech Level: high - Ownership: 1 month to 1 year
