Biostar présente le X670E Valkyrie au Computex 2022

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Biostar is seemingly trying to become more competitive in the consumer motherboard market and although the company has some catching up to do with the tier one motherboard brands, the company has put out some more interesting products in the past couple of years. Its VX670E Valkyrie motherboard seems to sit near the middle of the X670E models that have been announced so far, although it’s a little bit hard to tell, as the company only provided partial specs. As this is an AMD X670E based board, the PCIe x16 slot is using PCIe 5.0, although it’s multiplexed with the second x16 slot, which means if both slots are used, the bandwidth drops down to eight lanes per slot. The board layout doesn’t suggest any PCIe 5.0 Emplacements M.2, but as this is mandatory on X670E board, we have to presume that the M.2 slot right below the x16 PCIe slot, is the PCIe 5.0 un. The board has a further three M.2 slots, as well as what appears to be an empty M.2 E-keyed slot for a WiFi/Bluetooth module.

Other features listed by Biostar includes 2.5 Gbps Ethernet via a Realtek chip, HDMI and DisplayPort outputs, six SATA 3 ports, one rear and one front header for USB Type-C Gen 3.2 2×2 (20 Gbit/s) ports, as well as Realtek based audio and a pair of ARGB headers. The board also has a debug LED and a few buttons and switches for resetting the CMOS, and powering the board on. Interestingly, Biostar also provided figures for the memory clock speed, as the company listed support for up to four sticks of DDR5 memory at 5600 MHz plus. AMD a déjà fait la démonstration d'horloges de mémoire plus élevées de 6000 and even 6400 MHz lors de sa keynote, as soutenu par les notes de bas de page qui l'accompagnait, suggérant qu'il pourrait s'agir simplement d'un espace réservé. Intel ne prend officiellement en charge que 4800 Mémoire DDR5 MHz, mais des vitesses supérieures à 6000 MHz ne semble pas être un problème avec la bonne combinaison de carte mère et de processeur. Nous devrons attendre et voir quels seront les chiffres officiels d'AMD.