[PR] BIOSTAR Sandy Bridge Motherboard Preview

Taipei, Taiwan, November 17, 2010 – BIOSTAR MICROTECH INT’L CORP., a professional manufacturer of motherboards today talks about the new Intel Sandy Bridge motherboard line ups including two “Extreme Edition” and two T-Series” boards.

For hardware prospective, not only USB3.0, SATA3, and 100% solid capacitor has become standard on all 4 models. In addition, “THX TruStudio Pro” that delivers the fullest audio experience for music, movies and games is also adopted on the Extreme Edition models “TP67XE” and “TH67XE”.

In order to differentiate from others, BIOSTAR has released “BIO-Remote2” utility which makes your smart phone even smarter! “BIO-Remote2” is an easy-to-use tool serving every BIOSTAR motherboard users to make your smart phone (support both Android & Apple OS) function as a remote controller that is directly connected to your PC via Wi-Fi. It covers over 10 Microsoft software for Multimedia, Photo viewer, Entertainment, Business, as well as BIOSTAR exclusive utilities. It is available now at Android Market, Apple APP Store and BIOSTAR website for free download.

This time, BIOSTAR also provides our MB users the best and efficiency charging solution for Apple goods – “Charger Booster Technology”. Basically, “Charger Booster Technology” is able to boost the charging time to be more efficiency and faster once any Apple goods connecting to our Motherboard. With Charger Booster Technology, you are able to charge your Apple device up to 42 % faster. Moreover, no matter what power status of your system is; even sleep, standby and power off status, still can be charged as well.

Model	TP67XE	TP67B+	TH67XE	TH67+
CPU Support	Intel 2nd Generation Core Processor
Chipset	P67	P67	H67	H67
CPU Socket	1155	1155	1155	1155
Solid Capacitor	100% solid cap	100% Solid cap	100% Solid cap	100% Solid cap
Memory(MHz)	DDR3-2133(OC)	DDR3-2133(OC)	DDR3-1333	DDR3-1333
DIMM	4	4	4	4
Graphic Slot	PCI-E2.0 x 16*2	PCI-E2.0 x 16*2	PCI-E2.0 x 16*2	PCI-E2.0 x 16*2
On board Graphic	—	—	CPU	CPU
SATA2 / IDE	3 / –	4 / –	3 / –	4 / –
SATA3	2	2	2	2
RAID	0, 1, 5, 10	0, 1, 5, 10	0, 1, 5, 10	0, 1, 5, 10
PCI-E / PCI	x1*2 / 2	x1*1 / 2	x1*1 / 1	x1*1 / 1
USB 2.0	6 + 6	6 + 4	4 + 6	2 + 6
USB 3.0	2	2	2	2
IEEE 1394a	1/1	—	1/1	—
LAN	GbE	GbE	GbE	GbE
Audio	HD 8+2	5.1 CH	HD 8+2	5.1 CH
Form Factor	ATX	ATX	m-ATX	m-ATX
Features	10 phase power THX trueStudio Blue-ray Audio USB3.0 SATA3.0 SLI / CrossFireX T-Overclocker G.P.U	5 phase power USB3.0 SATA3.0 Blue-ray Audio CrossFireX T-Overclocker G.P.U	7 phase power THX trueStudio Blue-ray Audio USB3.0 SATA3.0 HDMI / DP port T-Overclocker G.P.U	5 phase power USB3.0 SATA3.0 Blue-ray Audio CrossFireX T-Overclocker G.P.U