Posted on Wednesday, March 03 2010 @ 17:19 CET by Thomas De Maesschalck
Techpowerup
spotted the Biostar TA890FXE mainboard, this motherboard features the upcoming AMD 890FX + SB850 chipset. The motherboard supports existing and upcoming Socket AM3 processors, including the Phenom II X6. The motherboard is showcased at Biostar's CeBIT booth without its cooling solution, the retail version is expected to be available in April.
The CPU is powered by a 5+1 phase VRM, supporting 140W processors. The 890FX chipset gives out four PCI-Express 2.0 x16 slots supporting ATI CrossFireX technology, apart from two legacy PCI slots. The SB850 southbridge gives out six SATA 6 Gb/s ports, of which five are internal, probably one external. An additional storage controller by VIA drives the lone IDE connector. 7.1 channel HD audio, gigabit Ethernet, and FireWire make for the rest of it.
