Member Reviews: BIOSTAR A880GZ Micro ATX AMD Motherboard

Like title states, this board is pretty nifty for its price tag. It supports all AM3 and AM3+ processors all the way up to the current Vishera chips. I have a Athlon II x3 450 running in it right now smooth. It does have BioUnlocking in the bios, but unfortunately my chip was a no-go. Tho I do have it running at stock clocks at 1.25v, which is quite impressive (3 very strong cores). The board does allow for overclocking via the multiplier, but heap this warning. This board does not support FSB overclocking. I bought a A960G+ before this board and wasn't pleased with it. So I sent it back and grabbed this when it was on sale for the same price. The most attractive feature about the board...

I purchase this board for friend of mine, I suggested him to take a cheap low end board to replace his existing Biostar TA790GXBE( send for RMA), use same cpu and get cheap DDR3 ram because he couldn't wait for board to get back from RMA services. Anyway, i prefer Biostar board mostly because they have capable power circuitry with solid state caps and 125w CPU support at 60$ range price. Most of the time Asus or MSI alternative support 95w only at that range. Feature wise it has everything you needed, Sata6, hdmi, dvi onboard graphics which make perfect sense for home usage. No USB3 support IIRC, no PCIx1 but x16 slot is there. UEFI support surprised me, i didn't expected it...

So far very happy with this board. Knew is was only matx and 3+1 phase power, but for the price I cant complain. It is compatable with bulldozer and future piledriver cpus. There is one, $10 cheaper that isnt, but i wanted the upgradeability. Overall a solid, reliable board. Max tdp is 125watts, but with the forth core and L3 cache unlocked on my rana (so basicly phii x4) i pulled 3.8 ghz overclock on 127 watts. It is at stock now cause im on stock cooling, but when i get a cpu cooler ill overclock it and get a mofsat cooler too. For the price it is great.