are Biostar motherboards any good?

[Shephard]

I never see anyone talk about this brand.

this board is on sale for $100 at ncix. rebate down to $70.

http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product...82E16813138355

what do you think?

 

[kleinkinstein]

No! Run. Run over to Asrock, Gigabyte, Asus or even MSI.

 

[Shephard]

I have my 3570k I just want a good motherboard now! There have been no good sales though.

I want the Asrock Extreme 4 but I can't get a good deal.

You guys already turned me off the MSI boards.

 

[Gigantopithecus]

All manufacturers make lemons and all of them make gems. The particular Biostar board you linked is definitely a gem, and I've built a few systems with it. They've all been reliable, capable overclockers.

 

[WhoBeDaPlaya]

OP, I have a few of those XE3s as well as a XE4. Love them.
Also have a bunch of A870U3s and TA870+s - solid and work just fine.

 

[tweakboy]

Biostar and EPOX I think are the 2 cheapest mobo vendors. When I say cheap, I mean cheap quality, cheap PCB.

Grab a #1 ASUS #2 Gigabyte. That's it nothing else. And don't buy a micro board.

 

[Charlie98]

Looks pretty nice to me... but for that price I would get a Gigabyte.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813128543

And don't buy a micro board.

...disregard that nonsense.

 

[tweakboy]

Looks pretty nice to me... but for that price I would get a Gigabyte.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813128543



...disregard that nonsense.

Exuse me ? My dad has a micro board with a Sandy 2600k @ 4.2Ghz but its missing firewire and eSATA.

Fine get a MICRO board they work just fine. My dads PC is just fine, Sorry Charlie your right. gl

uncle charlie

 

[Shephard]

Looks pretty nice to me... but for that price I would get a Gigabyte.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813128543



...disregard that nonsense.

American prices man... I am in Canada!

I have a micro board myself right now. I have had no trouble with it although I would like a full size board next time around.

 

[Rvenger]

Exuse me ? My dad has a micro board with a Sandy 2600k @ 4.2Ghz but its missing firewire and eSATA.

Fine get a MICRO board they work just fine. My dads PC is just fine, Sorry Charlie your right. gl

uncle charlie

Quit giving bad advice. EPoX is no longer in business and they made good motherboard but with bad caps, they corrected the issue 1 year too late though. Biostar makes quality motherboards and have been for years. They are around the same quality as Asrock and they use the same fiberglass 8 layer PCB Gigabyte does.

 

[Charlie98]

Exuse me ? My dad has a micro board with a Sandy 2600k @ 4.2Ghz but its missing firewire and eSATA.

Fine get a MICRO board they work just fine. My dads PC is just fine, Sorry Charlie your right. gl

uncle charlie

You're excused. You spec a board for your purposes... I don't use firewire or eSATA. ...and, yes, mATX boards DO work just fine; you'll notice I have a mATX board in my sig.

Your dad's PC was just fine till you started jacking with the clocks...

...and don't call me Uncle. I'm no relation to you.

 

[Zap]

I never see anyone talk about this brand.

They are functional and focuses products on the budget side. They were the first to give us a GOOD overclockable mATX motherboard.

 

[Shephard]

They are functional and focuses products on the budget side. They were the first to give us a GOOD overclockable mATX motherboard.

thanks Zap you always have a good piece to add.

 

[tweakboy]

Quit giving bad advice. EPoX is no longer in business and they made good motherboard but with bad caps, they corrected the issue 1 year too late though. Biostar makes quality motherboards and have been for years. They are around the same quality as Asrock and they use the same fiberglass 8 layer PCB Gigabyte does.

What bad advice did I give. I said dont get EPOX or BIOSTAR.

Get ASUS or Gigabyte. You a little slow maybe .. why is that bad advice my friend.

Personal attacks are NOT allowed. For that you can take the next week off
-ViRGE

 

[Soundmanred]

What bad advice did I give. I said dont get EPOX or BIOSTAR.

Get ASUS or Gigabyte. You a little slow maybe .. why is that bad advice my friend.

Ironic personal attack...

 

[asuka10456]

Biostar is fine, BIOSTAR TZ77XE3 is a pretty good board. XE3 and XE4 are the top of the line for them. Comparable to most high end motherboards.

I have had a few(at the very least 4) Biostar motherboards in the past 2-3 years and none of them had any kind of failure.

 

[Mfusick]

Biostar and EPOX I think are the 2 cheapest mobo vendors. When I say cheap, I mean cheap quality, cheap PCB.

Grab a #1 ASUS #2 Gigabyte. That's it nothing else. And don't buy a micro board.

where's Asrock ?

 

[schmuckley]

I'd buy that motherboard..In fact I have plans to..It looks very solid..and has some good submissions on HWbot
Well..the 4 does..http://www.hwbot.org/hardware/motherboard/tz77xe4/

 

[Jimzz]

I have a lower version Biostar Z77 based board, the TZ77A.

Mine works fine with no issues. Using a 3570k, 8gb of ram, and a GTX460.

 

[airdata]

No! Run. Run over to Asrock, Gigabyte, Asus or even MSI.

PFF...

They have plenty of good quality boards. Steer clear of the obviously cheap boards, sure.

But I've had a few different boards of theirs. The one I use in my main system has served me well for a couple years now.

 

[GSquadron]

I think it is only a choice of brand, publicity and features.
This is why it is lower. My friend had biostar 1 year ago and it worked perfect.
Even though, he bought it very cheap

 

[thestrangebrew1]

I have an h61 board in my server that hasn't had any hiccups yet. Was considering another Biostar board for an htpc but found the foxconn barebone kit instead and went with that.

Other than this, I normally stay with ASUS and even more recently AsRock. Don't think you can go wrong with any of them though IMO.

 

[Eureka]

It's mostly anecdotal. Like Zap said, biostar tries more to be on the budget side of things. A bit more basic, BIOS is a bit leaner, but it gets the job done.

Usually it comes down to the individual board. Don't go by brand, go by reviews and features.

Except Asus. I'm trying hard not to buy an Asus product again (but that's a different story).

 

[Meghan54]

I've built with a few Biostar boards lately, given their price/value point when bought at MicroCenter in combo with Intel cpus. The last was a TZ77A, which was a quite nice board...solid, no hiccups, just worked.

It's mostly anecdotal.

I always chuckle when I see comments about reliability, etc. being anecdotal because in the consumer space, ALL reliability reports compiled are based on anecdotal evidence. The only way to have actual reliability reporting would be to access the manufacturer's warranty data, which no one in the consumer space can ever do, being it's closely guarded data by the manufacturer. So we end up depending on pure anecdotal data. But such data isn't irrelevant or wrong simply because it's anecdotal or owner reported, it just may reflect biases imposed by the consumer involved, which has to be evaluated.

Until we can have full access to manufacturer warranty data, anecdotal data is all we have.

 

[Leyawiin]

I've only had one Biostar board - it was back in the Socket 754 days. It was also the only motherboard I've owned that development squealing, whistling caps. Needless to say, I've stuck with Gigabyte and ASUS since then.