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Motherboard Biostar Hi-Fi Z77X Review

Biostar is the company known for the continual advancement of its brand products. Not an exclusion is its motherboard sector which is represented by dozens of high-end items. Recent days have been marked by the Biostar's announcement about the start of sales of its new motherboard, codenamed Hi-Fi Z77X, that belongs to PURO Hi-Fi lineup. The new motherboard is a conglomeration of unique facilities developed specifically to satisfy the needs of inveterate audio fans.

Specifications and Supported Technologies

Biostar Hi-Fi Z77X is developed in ATX form-factor with the involvement of high-end electrolyte capacitors. This model is compatible with LGA1155 processors Intel Core i7, i5 and i3, including the latest 22 nm Ivy Bridge chips of the third generation and 32 nm Sandy Bridge chips of the preceding generation. This motherboard is equipped with four DIMM DDR3 slots and is able to support up to 32 GB of two-channel DDR3-1600, 1333, and 1066 MHz RAM. It also supports DirectX 11 (with HDMI 3D Visual interface) graphics to ensure unmatched performance on working with 3D games and other voluminous multimedia content. Video signal is delivered through the integrated digital interfaces HDMI and DVI (with HDCP technology), as well as, analog VGA interface. In addition, this model is compatible with Nvidia SLI and AMD CrossFire X graphics accelerators to enhance the facilities of the graphics subsystem. Thus, the board accommodates a couple of PCI Express 3.0 x16 slots, and a single PCI Express x 16 (x4) slot. The connection of additional devices is realized via the dedicated three PCI Express x1 2.0 slots.

Hi-Fi Z77X is furnished with two SATA 3.0 6 Gbit/sec ports and four SATA2 3 Gbit/sec ports which support the creation of RAID blocks of 0,1,5,10 levels. There are also six USB 2.0 and three USB 3.0 sockets for the activation of various devices. This motherboard series is able to support a range of advanced technologies developed by Intel, such as Intel Smart Response Technology (fast SSD-caching), Rapid Storage, Clear Video, Rapid Start, Anti-Theft, and some other technologies.

BIOS

New motherboard series is equipped with BIOS of a new generation, codenamed Unified Extensible Firmware Interface. It goes with the user-friendly and comprehensible graphics design, as well as, with intuitive basic settings. Biostar has taken care about the simplicity of work with this technology by providing the customers with its brand applets. The list of applets involve T-overclocker universal complex for the subtle tuning for Windows, BIO-Remote2 for the remote monitoring and control over the multimedia PC facilities, Green Power Utility for the power consumption optimization on the relieved processor loading, Rapid Switch 2 technology which allows the customer to reboot the system due to the dedicated buttons on the motherboard, Rapid Debug 3 post-code system which promotes for instant search and removal of any malfunctions. Additionally, one can find BIO-Flasher and BIO-ReLife technologies a great benefit, since they are called to ensure quick and safe update from the detachable USB drive. All BIOS updates can be completed automatically thanks to the BIOS Online Update integrated facility.

Sound Quality

This model of Biostar motherboards combines a number of advanced solutions to offer limitless possibilities for the creation of an outstanding home audio system on PC basis. For example, the implementation of Hi-Fi Resistor resistance promoted for the stabilization and authenticity of sound casting; Cap Hi-Fi technology stipulates the employment of high-quality capacitors in each audio channel and is called to minimize the level of sound distortion. The motherboard base has been also exposed to improvements: the integrated Hi-Fi Ground technology protects the audio signal sources from any external impact which might trigger the stacking of channels.

High-quality sounding is achieved due to the broad employment of Intel Z77 chip facilities, along with 7.1-channel HD Blu-Ray Audio codec ALC898 and THX TruStudio Pro technology. All those applied technologies are intended at the creation of true-to-life sound effects, presenting qualitative sounding by means of desktop PC. The major peculiarity of Biostar Hi-Fi Z77X model is the employment of an innovative technology Puro Tone; this integration ensures the authenticity of the multi-channel sound playback with the noise suppression effect.

Moreover, this motherboard series employs a unique technology of multi-channel audiotrack calibration – MCC. This facility is available only for Hi-Fi Z77X motherboard with LGA1155 sockets (Intel Core platform). MCC provides for the creation of an ideal acoustic environment by means of a compact gauging microphone.
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  • 01 August 2012, 18:38
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