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BIOSTAR TB150 PRO Motherboard Designed for Professional Mining

BIOSTAR PRO series motherboard for mining featuring enhanced stability and durability

August 30th, 2016 Taipei, Taiwan – BIOSTAR proudly announces its latest product to join the BIOSTAR PRO series of motherboards, the BIOSTAR TB150 PRO designed to be the most stable and durable foundation for cryptocurrency mining. The new BIOSTAR PRO series focuses in these key aspects and adopting it to cryptocurrency mining reduces potential risk in downtime caused by maintenance issues stemming from unstable motherboards due to extended usage. The BIOSTAR TB150 PRO addresses these issues by utilizing BIOSTAR’s PRO series advantage.

Crypto-currency mining like Bitcoin and other popular cryptocurrency require dedicating a system that can run for long periods of hours under stress which can easily deteriorate motherboard components. With BIOSTAR PRO series motherboard, this deterioration is slowed down and rate is slowed down allowing lesser maintenance cost which gives you the benefit of improved ROI. BIOSTAR achieves this by using its expertise in developing high-endurance and stable components for this application.

The BIOSTAR TB150 PRO supports the latest 6th-generation Intel Core processors and uses the B150 chipset supporting DDR4-2133 and DDR4-1866 memory modules of up to 32GB capacity. The board integrates core features from the BIOSTAR PRO series the Tough Power Enhanced power designed for improved stability and AudioArt capacitors that deliver an incredible listening experience versus same-class motherboards.

As a PRO series motherboard, the BIOSTAR TB150 PRO takes stability to the next level with numerous techonologies to reduce the risk of wear and tear on the motherboard especially in cryptocurrency mining and other high-stress workloads.

BIOSTAR PRO Tough Power Enhanced feature gives the BIOSTAR TB150 Pro superb stability, enduring high-current. In mining, this easily enhances the reliability of the motherboard in prolonged use with little maintenance. Reducing cost to maintain, helping to improve ROI.

For general usage, the Audio Art capacitors enhances the sound quality of the BIOSTAR TB150 PRO, making it a great multi-purpose machine for both work and entertainment.

BIOSTAR PRO Series Features

Audio Art Capacitors – high-end Japanese Nichicon audio capacitors bring audio to life to offer a whole new artistic dimension and clarity to your listening experience.

 

Tough Power Enhanced – high-endurance power design allows the BIOSTAR PRO series motherboards to endure high-current with consistent full energy output without additional energy loss.

 

BIOSTAR 6+ Experience
 

The new BIOSTAR PRO Series will carry on the exclusive BIOSTAR 6+ Experience feature set which delivers the best BIOSTAR has to offer: Speed+, Audio+, Video+, Durable+, Protection+ and DIY+.

Specification

 

Chipset

Intel B150

CPU SUPPORT

Intel® Core™ i7 LGA 1151 Processor
Intel® Core™ i5 LGA 1151 Processor
Intel® Core™ i3 LGA 1151 Processor
Intel® Pentium® LGA 1151 Processor
Maximum CPU TDP (Thermal Design Power) : 91Watt

MEMORY

Support Dual Channel DDR4 2133/ 1866 MHz
2 x DDR4 DIMM Memory Slot
Max. Supports up to 32GB Memory

EXPANSION SLOT

2 x PCI-E x16 3.0 Slot(x16 + x4)
3 x PCI-E x1 3.0 Slot

STORAGE

6 x SATA3 Connector 
1 x M.2 Key M 32Gb/s Connector, support M.2 type 2242/ 2260/ 2280 SATA 6Gb/s & PCI-E Storage(shared IO w/ PCI-E x16_2)

USB

4 x USB 3.0 Port
1 x USB 3.0 Header
2 x USB 2.0 Port
2 x USB 2.0 Header

LAN

Realtek RTL8111H - 10/100/1000 Controller

INTEGRATED VIDEO

By CPU model
Supports DX12
Supports HDCP

CODEC

Realtek ALC887 8-Channel HD Audio

REAR I/O

1 x PS/2 Mouse
1 x PS/2 Keyboard
4 x USB 3.0 Port
1 x USB 2.0 Port(only 5V power, up to 1.45A)
2 x USB 2.0 Port
1 x DVI-D Connector, resolution up to 1920 x 1200 @60Hz
1 x RJ-45 Port
3 x Audio Connector

INTERNAL I/O

1 x USB 3.0 Header
2 x USB 2.0 Header
6 x SATA3 6Gb/s Connector
1 x M.2 Key M 32Gb/s Connector, support M.2 type 2242/ 2260/ 2280 SATA 6Gb/s & PCI-E Storage(shared IO w/ PCI-E x16_2)
1 x Front Audio Header
1 x Front Panel Header
1 x CPU Fan Header
2 x System Fan Header
1 x Serial Header

H/W MONITORING

CPU / System Temperature Monitoring
CPU / System Fan Monitoring
Smart / Manual CPU Fan Control
System Voltage Monitoring

DIMENSION

ATX Form Factor Dimension: 29.5cm x 21cm ( W x L )

 

Visit the new BIOSTAR website at: http://www.biostar.com.tw

Read more about BIOSTAR 30 Years anniversary: http://www.biostar.com.tw/app/en/event/30years/index.htm

For more information on the BIOSTAR TB150 PRO go to: http://www.biostar.com.tw/app/en/mb/introduction.php?S_ID=849#overview

 

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ABOUT BIOSTAR

BIOSTAR, is a brand dedicated to the production of motherboards, graphics cards, industrial computing systems, IOT, and healthcare solution. Since its establishment in 1986, the BIOSTAR GROUP has become a major motherboard supplier in the IT industry as well as in IOT, Internet Of Things. In order to pursue the best quality and aesthetic design, BIOSTAR has invested heavily in ID design, equipment, global marketing research as well as R & D. With a constant emphasis on quality, BIOSTAR always seeks to beyond better and race to the future.

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