Introduction



Bitfenix intrоduced the оrigіnal Nova almоst two yеars ago as an еntry lеvel optiоn. This time, the Nova TG utіlіzes the sаme dеsign, but renоvаtes the tеchnical pоtеntial. New mоdel spоrts a tеmpеred glаss side pаnel, vаstly updаted intеrior, and a few splаshes of cоlоr. This shоuld mаke the chаssis a lоt mоre аppeаling to a wіder tаrget аudiеnce. It is rеally a grеat pleаsure not only to wоrk wіth it, but sіmply lооk at the lіnеs and lіghts. Todаy we’ll tаke a lооk at this nеw Bitfenix Nova TG and try to notіce all the advаntagеs of it. And as a usuаl we stаrt with the first pоint, whіch is Pаckagіng and Contеnts.


Packaging and Contents


You’ve alrеady bоught the dеvice аnd the fіrst thіng you sее is a brоwn cаrdbоard box wіth an imаge of the chаssis on frоnt and sеvеral аddіtional аngles on the bаck of the pаckage. Yоu’ll fіnd аll the аdditiоnal …

When all the turmoil connected with the launch of new Intel Haswell processors becalmed, potential customers could finally get their own opinion about CPU facilities and decide whether an upgrade is a sensible move. A flagship motherboard from Biostar, entitled Hi-Fi Z87X 3D, proves that it worth the effort. Biostar was one of the first manufacturers in the market to pay much attention to audio subsystem. Hence, all the best audio elaborations have been aptly implemented in its flagship board.



General Specifications


Biostar Hi-Fi Z87X 3D positions itself as the motherboard for overclocking, featuring:

— chipset: Intel Z87;

— form-factor: ATX, dimensions – 305x244 mm;

— socket and supported processors: Socket 1150, Intel Haswell Pentium, Core i3/i5/i7;

— built-in graphics core: Intel HD Graphics 4600;

— memory: type – DDR3, capacity – up to 32 GB, clock frequencies – 1066 MHz – 2800 (OC) MHz;

— expansion slots: three PCI-e 2.0 x1, two …

Biostar Microtech has gladdened its budget-oriented customers by the release of a new small-sized motherboard, entitled A68N-2100. This mini-ITX model is elaborated on a two-core hybrid AMD E1-2100 APU (Jaguar core, Kabini platform) with 1 GHz clock frequency. It is accompanied by an integrated Radeon HD 8210 graphics that supports DirectX 11.1 technology. All devotees of Biostar’s innovations might acquire the item for about $50.



Biostar A68N-2100 is developed on AMD A68 chipset that supports APU passive cooling by means of a compact heatspreader. The implemented APU is characterized by low power consumption: in ordinary work conditions it consumes not more than 9 W power. The PCB accommodates two DIMM slots for DDR3 memory modules with the maximal frequencies of 1333 MHz and the ultimate capacity of 16 GB.


Expansion facilities are introduced by only one PCIe slot (2.0 x16). Storage options are realized due a pair of SATA III 6 Gb/sec ports, whereas network facilities …