Biostar T5 XE cheap and powerful (5GHz+ inside :D )

**PcCI2iminal** · 09-10-2009, 06:53 AM

High class MB ,do you really need it ?

6 good reasons to join Biostar T5 XE

4+2 phase power design
Support ATI CrossfireX technology
100% X.D.C Japanese solid capacitor

Bclk @ 253MHz LN2

DDR3 @ 2400Mhz AIR

Core i7 @ 5GHz-5.2GHz LN2

Core i7 860 @ 4500Mhz (4C/8T) AIR
http://service.futuremark.com/compare?3dm06=11891052

Core i7 870 @ 4880MHz (4C/8T) LN2

Core i7 870 @ 4920MHz-5Ghz 3d LN2

**cesariuth** · 09-10-2009, 07:14 AM

exelent!!!!

i loved the mobos BIOSTAR, good prices good performance

**hersounds** · 09-10-2009, 07:18 AM

Tpower dixit - Power not be expensive....just put hands

**Pt1t** · 09-10-2009, 07:39 AM

i m unpacking it Junior

Edit :

unpacked

**ViViD** · 09-10-2009, 11:50 AM

Great Work
Very Common Mobo But It's Worked Awesome

**hiwa** · 09-10-2009, 11:57 AM

look like a great mobo junior
Congrats to Biostar for this one
after P45 board the second X58 was crazy and again another great board

**mrcape** · 09-10-2009, 12:51 PM

mmmm I want one, so cheap and so fast.

Tx for sharing.

**lesstutrey** · 09-12-2009, 04:30 PM

it's good to see the i5's overclock well, because they're gonna need it for that socket to succeed in the least. If they're clocking better than 775's by a long shot i see people actually considering the upgrade.

**PcCI2iminal** · 09-13-2009, 03:21 PM

many thanks guys

Originally Posted by hiwa

look like a great mobo junior
Congrats to Biostar for this one
after P45 board the second X58 was crazy and again another great board

Yesss,I like any kind of Tseries from Biostar ,great clockers and cheap

Originally Posted by Pt1t

i m unpacking it Junior

Edit :

unpacked

Thomas
You will love it

I got a retail box

**PatRaceTin** · 09-24-2009, 02:31 AM

ahhh i want to see some bios screen

**ZoLKoRn** · 09-24-2009, 02:44 AM

Always nice work and results PcCI2iminal

**saaya** · 09-24-2009, 04:44 AM

only available at newegg?
125$ is not bad at all

can you guys post some bios shots of voltages and options?

**Pt1t** · 09-27-2009, 06:28 AM

Originally Posted by saaya

only available at newegg?
125$ is not bad at all

can you guys post some bios shots of voltages and options?

Voltages are high enough to kill CPU and memories

Board is good for DDR3 OC

And pushed my Xeon to 5,2Ghz

**ZoLKoRn** · 09-27-2009, 06:34 AM

wow very nice cheaper board for overclocking !

**saaya** · 09-27-2009, 07:46 AM

Originally Posted by Pt1t

Voltages are high enough to kill CPU and memories

Board is good for DDR3 OC

And pushed my Xeon to 5,2Ghz

very sweet! so xeons def clock better on 1156 too, but still behind 1336... damn... does anybody know when a new stepping 1156 cpu is coming out?

and please post some pics of the bios settings, come on! :P

**Pt1t** · 09-27-2009, 08:05 AM

no my xeon is not as good as my 870 retail and ES

**Monstru** · 09-27-2009, 01:03 PM

Looking good, looking good

**bondhahnmrt85** · 09-27-2009, 05:16 PM

Very nice for cheapo board!!

Great price/performance, I love it

**ed.howell** · 09-30-2009, 06:01 AM

Hey guys when you do these VERY nice overclocks (high voltages and speeds) on these cheaper boards, do you put any kind of load on the chip or motherboard? Only reason I am asking is I have an Asrock X58 Extreme, gets great reviews everywhere, however, the other night I had my cpu at 4.0ghz(191x21) vcore about 1.23-1.25, VTT at 1.34, CPU PLL at 1.88, DRAM at 1.654 and HT on. The heatsinks on the board got SO HOT after about an hour of prime Large FFT's, I couldn't even touch them. Then the board shut down, which is a good thing instead of burning up. I had to wait for it to cool down before starting it up again. This was with the side of the case off and an ambient temp of about 19C in my basement.

My point is I guess, these cheap boards are great, dont get me wrong, but something has to be sacrificed for it to be cheaper than say a Gigabyte, Asus or EVGA board.

What do you guys think?

**saaya** · 09-30-2009, 06:13 AM

if you use stock heatsinks on the boards and dont add any beefy fans on them, yes, they will run very hot

and yes, some of them obviously use cheaper components... but if your looking for price/perf they are a great alternative...
for most serious ocers stock heatsinks are the first thing that goes POP and flies into the trash can anyways

or they use ln2 and have huge fans on them, so then it doesnt matter that the heatsinks arent very powerful...

but yes of course... you get what you pay for...

**ed.howell** · 09-30-2009, 06:21 AM

Originally Posted by saaya

if you use stock heatsinks on the boards and dont add any beefy fans on them, yes, they will run very hot

and yes, some of them obviously use cheaper components... but if your looking for price/perf they are a great alternative...
for most serious ocers stock heatsinks are the first thing that goes POP and flies into the trash can anyways

or they use ln2 and have huge fans on them, so then it doesnt matter that the heatsinks arent very powerful...

but yes of course... you get what you pay for...

Ok thanks, I am glad I'm not out in left field here!!

what does everyone use then when the stock heatsinks "POP"

off the motherboard. Being that this board and my Asrock aren't "extreme" boards, there are no watercooling blocks and its hard to find aftermarket parts.

I was even thinking about making my own copper waterblock

if I cannot find another alternative.

**HDCHOPPER** · 09-30-2009, 07:13 PM

Man that is crazy good for a buck & a quarter board !!

**Mav451** · 09-30-2009, 07:23 PM

Originally Posted by ed.howell

Hey guys when you do these VERY nice overclocks (high voltages and speeds) on these cheaper boards, do you put any kind of load on the chip or motherboard? Only reason I am asking is I have an Asrock X58 Extreme, gets great reviews everywhere, however, the other night I had my cpu at 4.0ghz(191x21) vcore about 1.23-1.25, VTT at 1.34, CPU PLL at 1.88, DRAM at 1.654 and HT on. The heatsinks on the board got SO HOT after about an hour of prime Large FFT's, I couldn't even touch them. Then the board shut down, which is a good thing instead of burning up. I had to wait for it to cool down before starting it up again. This was with the side of the case off and an ambient temp of about 19C in my basement.

My point is I guess, these cheap boards are great, dont get me wrong, but something has to be sacrificed for it to be cheaper than say a Gigabyte, Asus or EVGA board.

What do you guys think?

I'd put that more on it being an Asrock than anything else. Then again, shouldn't you have stopped Prime beforehand if you saw dangerous temps?

**ed.howell** · 09-30-2009, 08:02 PM

Originally Posted by Mav451

I'd put that more on it being an Asrock than anything else. Then again, shouldn't you have stopped Prime beforehand if you saw dangerous temps?

Thats the thing, the bios must not read the MB temps right. Highest it got was about 35-36C. At idle its 31C. Only way I found out was to stick my hand on it, by then it was too late. Obviously I would have stopped it if I saw the temps were out of control.

**M.art lover** · 03-12-2010, 11:09 PM

Another nice board from Biostar
Good job brother, keep pushin

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