Biostar TA990FXE AM3+

cadaveca · Oct 12, 2011

Biostar is back in our test station, this time with a stylish and affordable AMD 990FX solution, the TA990FXE. Straight out of their "Extreme Edition" product line, the TA990FXE is for discerning gamers on a budget, who want top-level performance. Is it truly "Extreme"? We take a look.

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Maban · Nov 10, 2011

Should be x16, x16, x4.

cadaveca · Nov 10, 2011

Maban said:
Should be x16, x16, x4.

It is.

Check out the bottom slot though, pinned for x8 in the slot:

Maban · Nov 10, 2011

I suppose those extra pins are there just for physical support? And/or extra grounds?

cadaveca · Nov 10, 2011

I am not sure, to be honest. I will have to ask.

I did hear word that SLi support is in the works though, so that's fantastic news!

jim_hmphry · Dec 6, 2011

as of 11/24/2011 the bios was updated with sli support

jim_hmphry · Dec 6, 2011

http://www.biostar.com.tw/app/en/mb/introduction.php?S_ID=560

de.das.dude · Dec 6, 2011

129$ for this????
sweet jeeesus!

jim_hmphry · Dec 6, 2011

it really is a great board i had an asrock before and could only get my 955 to 3.9 stable now im running at 4.3

cadaveca · Dec 6, 2011

That added SLi support makes this board an even sweeter deal!

System Name	Monke \| Work Thinkpad\| Old Monke
Processor	Ryzen 5600X \| Ryzen 5500U \| FX8320
Motherboard	ASRock B550 Extreme4 \| ? \| Asrock 990FX Extreme 4
Cooling	240mm Rad \| Not needed \| hyper 212 EVO
Memory	2x16GB DDR4 3600 Corsair RGB \| 16 GB DDR4 3600 \| 16GB DDR3 1600
Video Card(s)	Sapphire Pulse RX6700XT 12GB \| Vega 8 \| Sapphire Pulse RX580 8GB
Storage	Samsung 980 nvme (Primary) \| some samsung SSD
Display(s)	Dell 2723DS \| Some 14" 1080p 98%sRGB IPS \| Dell 2240L
Case	Ant Esports Tempered case \| Thinkpad \| Antec
Audio Device(s)	Logitech Z333 \| Jabra corpo stuff
Power Supply	Corsair RM750e \| not needed \| Corsair GS 600
Mouse	Logitech G400 \| nipple
Keyboard	Logitech G213 \| stock kb is awesome \| Logitech K230
VR HMD	;_;
Software	Windows 10 Professional x3
Benchmark Scores	There are no marks on my bench

Biostar TA990FXE AM3+

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