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Biostar TPower I45 Motherboard Features and Pictures

Posted: Mon Jun 02, 2008 10:53 am
by Apoptosis
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Biostar has the TPower I45 motherboard on display over at computex and have information posted up on their website about it. Looks like this board is powered by the Intel P45 Express chipset and features dual channel DDR2 memory and has a pair of x16 PCI2 2.0 graphics card slots.
CPU SUPPORT
# Intel® Core™2 Extreme Processor
# Intel® Core™2 Quad Processor
# Intel® Core™2 Duo Processor
# Intel® Pentium® Dual-Core Processor
# Intel® Celeron® Dual-Core Processor
# Intel® Celeron® Processor 400 Sequence


FSB
# Support FSB 800/1066/1333/1600MHz


MEMORY
# Support Dual Channel DDR2 667/800/1066/1200(OC) MHz
# 4 x DDR2 DIMM Memory Slot
# Max. Supports up to 8GB Memory


EXPANSION SLOT
# 2 x PCI Slots
# 2 x PCI-E x1 Slot
# 2 x PCI-E x16 2.0 Slot (CFX x8)


STORAGE
# 6 x SATA2 3Gb/s Connector
# 2 x eSATA Connector
# 1 x IDE Connector


USB
# 6 x USB 2.0 Port
# 3 x USB 2.0 Header


GbE
# Realtek RTL8111C - 10/100/1000 Controller


CODEC
# Realtek ALC888S 8+2 Channel HD Audio


REAR I/O
# 1 x PS/2 Mouse
# 1 x PS/2 Keyboard
# 2 x eSATA2 3Gb/s Connector
# 6 x USB 2.0 Port
# 1 x RJ-45 Port
# 6 x Audio Connector


INTERNAL I/O
# 3 x USB 2.0 Header
# 6 x SATA2 3Gb/s Connector
# 1 x IDE Connector
# 1 x Floppy Connector
# 1 x Front Audio Header
# 1 x Front Panel Header
# 1 x CD-IN Header
# 1 x S/PDIF-IN Header
# 2 x S/PDIF-OUT Header
# 1 x CPU FAN Header
# 2 x System FAN Header
# 1 x Serial Header


DIMENSION
# ATX Form Factor Dimension: 30.5 cm X 24.4 cm ( W x L )


OS SUPPORT
# Support Windows 2000 / XP / XP 64 / Vista / Vista 64


ACCESSORIES
# 1 x IDE Cable
# 6 x SATA Cable
# 6 x SATA Power Cable
# 1 x S/PDIF Cable
# 1 x I/O Shield
# 1 x CD Driver
# 1 x User Manual
# 1 x DIY Thermal Kit

If this board doesn't float your boat they have a ton more boards they just announced.
BIOSTAR Microtech Int'l Corp., a professional manufacturer of motherboards is launching a top of the line model for Intel platform – TPower I45, a highly tunable performance model. Tunable Performance Out-Of-The-Box. BIOSTAR launches quite a few models for different user groups at different price points. TPower I45, TP45 HP, TP43 HP, TP45D2-A7, TP43D2-A7, P43-A7 collocate with either ICH10R or ICH10.

Re: Biostar TPower I45 Motherboard Features and Pictures

Posted: Mon Jun 02, 2008 11:30 am
by DMB2000uk
Are Biostar a budget brand, or just a company that is mostly US based?

Dan

Re: Biostar TPower I45 Motherboard Features and Pictures

Posted: Mon Jun 02, 2008 2:45 pm
by Methious
Generally budget but it looks like they might be stepping up a little.

I've used a lot of Biostar boards in sales units and never had a problem with them but the ones I've had were kaka for OC.