BIOSTAR Is the World’s First to List 700-Series Motherboards for Intel Raptor Lake CPUs

[Peter_Brosdahl]

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Update: January 18, 2022 –BIOSTAR dropped us an email to state that the content is not real as it’s simply too early say anything about 700 series chipsets and that they’re still in the planning process. They have asked us to take it down, but we’ll leave it up with their opinion/disclaimer right here. Of course, Raptor Lake has also been filed with the EEC by Intel back in November and Z690/Alder Lake references show up in the EEC database starting months and more before their eventual launch date. That being said, sprinkle some salt on the below as if it’s simply an unconfirmed rumor and enjoy your snack. We’ll find out how accurate it is at some point!



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[Zarathustra]

Yeah never again.

You couldn't pay me to ever use another Biostar product.

 

[Grimlakin]

I was gonna say. Other than system integrators looking for cheap components on crap PCB substrates or new builders on a tight budget who's going to be jumping on a new chipset first released by... Biostar of all board partners. Really? You know they will have all kinds of quality issues.

I'm gonna get out my popcorn and subscribe to their support forums to watch the crap show unfold.

 

[Dan_D]

I've reviewed a number of Biostar boards over the years. Granted, I haven't reviewed their most budget friendly models but the ones I have reviewed have all been fine. I've had less trouble out of Biostar boards than I have ASRock's boards. That's for **** sure.

 

[Zarathustra]

I've reviewed a number of Biostar boards over the years. Granted, I haven't reviewed their most budget friendly models but the ones I have reviewed have all been fine. I've had less trouble out of Biostar boards than I have ASRock's boards. That's for **** sure.

You've probably touched more of them than I have, but I have only had two Asrock boards over the years. My current pfSense router build (H270M-ITX/ac) and some Asrock board ages ago. I can't remember what it was at this point. Have they been my go to brand? Hell no. But neither of them gave me any trouble. the H270M-ITX/ac just putts along with an i3-7100 in it 24/7 since March 2017 without ever having a problem.

The only Biostar boards I have owned in the last 15 years have - granted - been the bottom barrel models. Something I needed for a utility pc of one kind or another. They ahve overwhelmingly been the worst motherboards I have owned.

For my Desktop build I occasionally experiment with the likes of MSI and Gigabyte but I always wind up drifting back to Asus. Those are the boards that have staying power.

My last one was the p9x79 WS, which I used as my primary desktop board from 2011 to 2019.

Then after going Threadripper in 2019 I had problems with a Gigabyte Aorus TRX40 Master and eventually wound up back with an Asus board, the Rog Zenith II Alpha, which was a little bit budget busting, but has been absolutely rock solid.

I guess I should just learn my lesson and only by Asus going forward, and just hope I never have to RMA anything, as I hear their support is not the best.

 

[Burticus]

Biostar is on my do not fly list, right up there with ECS / PCChips (which I think either folded or just gave up on the NA motherboard market, I think they went heavy on OEM).

I'm a little shocked Dan has had problems with Asrock boards, I've had better luck than say Gigabyte. OTOH this is mostly lower end consumer stuff I deal with, I don't buy high end mobos any more. And also I don't deal with build volume any more, just personal use.

 

[Dan_D]

Biostar is on my do not fly list, right up there with ECS / PCChips (which I think either folded or just gave up on the NA motherboard market, I think they went heavy on OEM).

I'm a little shocked Dan has had problems with Asrock boards, I've had better luck than say Gigabyte. OTOH this is mostly lower end consumer stuff I deal with, I don't buy high end mobos any more. And also I don't deal with build volume any more, just personal use.

I've had more ASRock board failures on my test bench than I have from MSI, GIGABYTE and ASUS combined. I've probably reviewed ten times more ASUS, MSI and GIGABYTE boards than I have ASRock boards. I've only reviewed three or four Biostar boards, but they've all been fine.

 

[LazyGamer]

I don't think I've ever owned a Biostar board. Whether I would consider one would be down to features and availability - which is the reason that most of my systems are running ASRock, which while not problem free, have been pretty decent.

I tend to prefer ASUS for my personal desktop when and where I can, but outside of that I can work with anything. Learning the MSI Z490 on the case review rig has been a bit of an exercise, but I think I've gotten the hang of it.

I will also say that I've been spoiled by the feature rich ASRock Z390 Taichi Ultimate in my current desktop system. I can't possibly use all of its features - I'm not interested in LN2 overclocking, for example - but just having things like power and reset buttons and a two-digit display for post codes that also shows CPU package temperature after post are quite nice.

On the other hand, the onboard RGB is basically unworkable - meaning I can't even just set it to 'all white'.