Con il comunicato stampa di seguito allegato, Biostar ha annunciato la commercializzazione della motherboard TPOWER X58A (cfr. la foto seguente), una soluzione che va ad ampliare la gamma di prodotti high-end che già include le schede madri TPOWER X58 e TPOWER I45.
La TPOWER X58A viene proposta dal produttore come una delle soluzioni migliori sul mercato per la gestione dei processori Core i7 di Intel, che sappiamo essere dotati del socket LGA-1366. E' basata sul northbridge X58 e sul southbridge ICH10R; supporta la modalità triple channel in abbinamento alle memorie DDR3 (installabili fino a un massimo di 24GB) operanti a 1333MHz, 1600MHz e 2000MHz.
Come tipicamente accade per le motherboard Nehalem Ready, anche la TPOWER X58A supporta sia la tecnologia ATI Hybrid CrossFireX che NVIDIA SLI; più in dettaglio Biostar ha equipaggiato la scheda con 3 slot PCI-Express x16 2.0 in configurazione x16,x16,x4. Inoltre, la TPOWER X58A può vantare l'integrazione del sottosistema audio Realtek ALC888S e il controller Gigabit Ethernet Realtek RTL8111C, oltre a 6 porte SATA II a 3Gb/s, 2 eSATA II a 3Gb/s, una porta IDE o PATA e 8 porte USB 2.0.
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May 19 2009, Taipei, Taiwan - Although Intel X58 chipset based mother board is sold at a relatively higher price in the market, BIOSTAR still has an excellent reputation for TPOWER series, in which TPOWER X58 and TPOWER I45 are very popular with a lot of power users. TPOWER X58A, one of BIOSTAR's top X58 motherboards, is on sale now. It is coincident that the price of Core i7 processors are recently falling, so TPOWER X58A is also a top choice for power users to pursue ultimate performance.
With adoption of ATX-size board, TPOWER X58A, based on Intel X58 + ICH10R chipset, supports Socket 1366 interface and newest Core i7, the CPU that is brand new Nehalem architecture. The motherboard supports Triple Channel Mode 2000 / 1600 / 1333 memory module, with Max Memory Capacity 24GB. It provides three PCI-Express 2.0 x16 slots, supporting ATI Hybrid CrossFireX and nVIDIA SLI technology; one PCI-Express x1 slot and two PCI slots for expansion; Gigabit Ethernet and 7.1 Channels HD audio for high quality of networking and multimedia.
Besides great specification, TPOWER X58A also uses excellent material and layout. It adopts 12+2 overclocking power phase design, with 12-phase CPU and 2-phase memory overclocking power supply; furthermore, the related components are all equipped with Japanese manufactured solid capacitors, BIOSTAR also adds plenty of client- oriented facilities on TPOWER X58A. The product has advanced power-saving technology, G.P.U (Green Power Utility), which provides wise software for users to control energy consumption easily and flexibly, and which can also be directly observed from LEDs on the motherboard. And, improved SATA interface can also be easily connected by users.
Source: Biostar Press Release
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