Thursday, February 27th 2020
BIOSTAR Launches A Reboot of The H61 Series Motherboards
BIOSTAR, a leading brand of motherboards, graphics cards, and storage devices, today introduces the H61MHV2 motherboard that supports Intel's 2nd and 3rd generation Core i7 / i5 / i3 / Pentium / Celeron processors in the 1155 package. BIOSTAR has been a manufacturer of robust and highly reliable motherboards for many years and has a wide range of models on both Intel and AMD platforms to choose from and a plethora of supplementary components catering to many user preferences.
Due to popular demand and the availability of supporting components, BIOSTAR has decided to relaunch Intel's H61 chipset series motherboards with the all-new H61MHV2 motherboard, a reboot of its popular predecessor the IH61MF-Q5. Built in a Micro-ATX form factor, the H61MHV2 motherboard is packed with some of the most requested upgrades build to be compatible with the old architecture and looks to provide a robust, affordable and highly reliable user experience that caters consumers who are looking for a good motherboard to upgrade their existing office workstation without breaking the bank.
The H61MHV2 motherboard is equipped to support 2 DIMMs of DDR3 rams that offer better bandwidth and has a lower operating voltage range for lower power consumption. It is also equipped with HD Audio and HDMI which offer crystal clear sound effects and high definition video output that provide users with a more immersive experience for daily content consumption and gaming. The H61MHV2 is also equipped with GbE LAN that delivers 10 times faster speeds than traditional Ethernet LAN and deals with heavy applications without any latency and is backwards compatible with any existing GbE devices.
Feature Highlights
For more information, visit the product page.
Due to popular demand and the availability of supporting components, BIOSTAR has decided to relaunch Intel's H61 chipset series motherboards with the all-new H61MHV2 motherboard, a reboot of its popular predecessor the IH61MF-Q5. Built in a Micro-ATX form factor, the H61MHV2 motherboard is packed with some of the most requested upgrades build to be compatible with the old architecture and looks to provide a robust, affordable and highly reliable user experience that caters consumers who are looking for a good motherboard to upgrade their existing office workstation without breaking the bank.
Feature Highlights
- DDR3 Memory: Offers better bandwidth and has a lower operating voltage range to consume less system power.
- HD Audio: Offers crystal clear sound effects to allow you to feel as if you were present, when you watch videos, shows or movies. Immerse yourself in the theater every day
- HDMI: Enjoy online high definition content and play games without having to worry about performance or quality.
- GbE LAN: Delivers 10 times faster than traditional Ethernet LAN and deals with heavy applications without any latency. It's backward compatible with existing GbE devices.
- A sleek rear I/O panel: The BIOSTAR H61MHV2 features: 1x PS/2 Keyboard Port, 4x USB 2.0 Ports, 1x HDMI Port, 1x VGA Port, 1x GbE LAN Port, 3x Audio Jacks.
For more information, visit the product page.
26 Comments on BIOSTAR Launches A Reboot of The H61 Series Motherboards
this looks like an H81 I bought off AliExpress
Then I bought Chinese Kllisre B75 motherboard for 42 €, and with a i5-3350P and some spare parts lying around I built another system for some quality LAN gaming with kids. If this Biostar MB was available locally at a time for a similar price I would have bought it instead. So I see a niche for it.
Leading brand?? :D :D :D
But yes, for OC the 2600k is at an amazing Price/value Point Right now (the 2700k and 3770k are just not worth it for what is being asked for them - in some cases you can get a 2011 board and a Xeon e5-2680 for the same Price as a single 3770k )
This makes no sense whatsoever.
Do they want to dump this on internet cafes in Asia or what?
I am waiting for the DDR2 model because DDR2 "Offers better bandwidth and has a lower operating voltage range to consume less system power. "
H81 and 4th gen i5/i7 can also be found around similar prices, so why going back to H61?
As for why that generation, you see one generation newer would be 70 series which means the CPU support would be exactly the same (7x was the Ivy Bridge revision of LGA1155) so zero point there it would just raise costs. Two generations would be 80 series so only 4xxx series CPU support (6xxx series used Z170), and 4xxx is such a small upgrade over 2xxx/3xxx that it's not noticeable outside of benchmark apps.
Also the LGA1155 i5/i7 CPUs were the biggest selling of the i5/i7 line so has the biggest target customer base for the new boards.
I felt it was about time to replace an old 1155 based one that had a badly broken PCI Express slot for VGA. As I could find only boards made using second hand chipsets recovered from broken systems, I did not feel comfortable buying from Aliexpress.
I could have replaced just the motherboard with this one, if it became available in my country and it would have been a much better cost and less work for me. Not to mention it would probably not have needed to re-activate Windows and Office.