Biostar TH67XE Motherboard

Conclusions

The Biostar TH67XE will be an interesting option for users building a fast HTPC based on a forthcoming Intel socket LGA1155 CPU: it has four different video connectors, on-board optical SPDIF output, SATA-600, USB 3.0, FireWire, Gigabit Ethernet ports and an infrared interface for you to add a remote control. The voltage regulator circuit used on this motherboard isn’t bad at all for an entry-level motherboard.

Its main competitor will be the ECS H67H2-M, which has as main advantage having two Gigabit Ethernet ports. The Biostar TH67XE, however, has the advantage of having FireWire ports, an infrared interface and a second PCI Express x16 slot (even though it runs at x1). The voltage regulator circuits of both motherboards are quite similar, with ferrite-core coils, solid capacitors and low RDS(on) MOSFET transistors, but the model from Biostar has two phases for the integrated memory controller and L3 memory cache (VTT voltage), instead of only one as it happens with the ECS H67H2-M.