As for the X870E motherboards, Biostar, a fairly discreet manufacturer in Europe, has just announced its flagship. The brand has announced its X870E Valkyrie, a model that does not have all the quality of life features of the competition.
X870E Valkyrie: Biostar's top-of-the-range model!
This board is an ATX format model with AM5 socket and X870E chipset. Therefore, the board is ready for the Ryzen 9000 as well as the current generation Ryzen 7000.
In terms of connectivity, we have everything we need, with two PCIe 5.0 x16 (x8/x8 operation) along with one PCIe 4.0 x16 (x8 operation). As for memory, the brand announces support for up to 192 GB of DDR5 with a speed of up to 8000 MT/s. Finally, on the storage side, we find four M.2s, one of which runs on PCIe 5.0 x4 and the others on PCIe 4.0 x4. Last but not least, six SATA IIIs complete the list.
However, the card does not benefit from the same level of functionality as the competition. We're thinking about the easy removal button for the graphics card or the tool-less installation of M.2 SSDs. Here you will need a screwdriver to remove the M.2 heatsinks.
On the CPU power supply side, we find a total of 18 2-phase 110A power supplies. While we are not at the level of an MSI Godlike, it is still perfectly acceptable. However, the network section is disappointing, with only a Realtek 2.5 GbE Ethernet chip. On the audio side, we have an ALC1220 in 7.1.
In short, as we can see, the card does not have the same level of equipment as the competition. It remains to be seen what the retail price of this model will be.
Here you have the Biostar product sheet!
