Biostar TA785GE 128 M Motherboard Review

Main Specifications

Biostar TA795GE 128M main features are:

• Socket: AM2+.
• Chipset: AMD 785G + SB710 south bridge.
• Super I/O: ITE IT8718F
• Clock generator: Realtek RTM880N-793
• Parallel ATA: One ATA-133 port controlled by the chipset.
• Serial ATA: Six SATA-300 ports controlled by the chipset (RAID 0, 1 and 10).
• External ATA: None.
• USB: 10 USB 2.0 ports (four soldered on the motherboard rear panel and six available through I/O brackets; this board doesn’t comes with I/O brackets for using these extra ports).
• FireWire (IEEE 1394a): No.
• On-board audio: Produced by the chipset together with a Realtek ALC662 codec (six channels, 24-bit resolution for the outputs, 20-bit resolution for the inputs, up to 96 kHz sampling rate for the inputs and outputs, 90 dB signal-to-noise ratio for the inputs and 98 dB signal-to-noise ratio for the outputs).
• On-board video: Yes, Radeon HD 4200 engine with two independent outputs, one VGA and one DVI and with dedicated on-board 128 MB memory (one Samsung K4N1G164QQ-HC20 chip), feature called “Side Port” by AMD.
• On-board LAN: One Gigabit Ethernet port controlled by a Realtek RTL8111DL chip, connected to the system through a PCI Express x1 lane.
• Buzzer: No.
• Power supply required: ATX12V 2.x (24-pin).
• Slots: One PCI Express 2.0 x16 and two standard PCI.
• Memory: Four DDR-DIMM sockets (up to 16 GB up to DDR2-800/PC2-6400 or DDR2-1066/PC2-8500, depending on the CPU, socket AM2 or socket AM2+/AM3, respectively).
• Number of CDs that come with this motherboard: One.
• Programs included: Motherboard drivers and utilities.
• More Information: https://www.biostar-usa.com
• Average price in the US: USD 70.00.

* Researched at Newegg.com on the day we published this review.