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There are two versions of  Biostar X58, there is the upscale TPower x58 cost of £ 215 – £ 218 or £ 15, you can, and select the TPower X58A, verification that we have. The difference in the specifications between the two models is quite low because most functions are two motherboards. Both have long three connectors PCI Express, both Crossfire and SLI even if things are not as simple as they appear. Of course, on Dual x16 PCIe 2.0 slots, but the third site supports only traces of four PCI-Express 2.0, we do not really talk Graph Triple Slots.

Most functions are chips X58/ICH10R there are six memory slots, DDR3 memory at 1866MHz mode Triple Channel ports and six SATA II with Intel RAID. You will recall that x58 does not support PATA optical drives, so that all motherboard manufacturers in the sun and is a Biostar has plumped for those JMB363 supports ATA133 port and two eSATA ports to the I / O Panel. It is a wise choice, as you probably no more than six SATA ports. However, two eSATA ports to I / O Panel seems a little excessive.

The reverse is also the home of eight USB 2.0 ports, a nice number, but you do not receive in the parentheses for action at the top two on the USB card, you must use a port in the case of mounting cards, mobile phones and others. What we have we also, of course, is a Firewire port or two, but requires an upgrade to the TPower x58, with a Firewire port, a head for a second Firewire port, a second Gigabit Ethernet port and heat, the cooler on the chipset.

We recall that there is no USB support in the package, but the fact is that very little next to the motherboard. It is an SLI bridge, but no CrossFire bridge, a cable IDE and four SATA cable. £ 200 is really not far these days.

Another feature of the Biostar X58A is his name, is, in its entirety, the Biostar TPower X58A v5.0, and we have no idea which version 5 at the end comes. We understand Biostar about this, but one thing is sure, we have doubts that four versions of the Core i7 motherboard on the planet.

Connecting all Biostar is a nice quick and the layout is very good. The power ports are on the verge of the mother, the six SATA ports are defined and the passive heatsink on the chipset and hardware power low in height and are not in the way the CPU-Fan.