Motherboards/IntegratedCPU by stefan @ 2013-11-20
The BIOSTAR NM70I-1037U board features an improved CPU, Ivy Bridge Celeron 1037, which is powerful enough to perform many tasks. In order to boost the 3D capabilities even further, we can install a dedicated video card into the available PCI-Express x16 port so we would be even able to game with low to mainstream graphics levels.
In this review we will concentrate upon an interesting motherboard with CPU included from BIOSTAR, featuring the Dual Core 1.8GHz Ivy Bridge processor from Intel, Celeron 1037U; the packaging is similar to the one we have seen on the NM70I-847 model, which was reviewed in the past:
On the back side of the box we will find some icons representing the supported technologies, but also awards from different publications which have been won by BIOSTAR:
The enclosure features multiple compartments in which the motherboard along with its bundle is stored:
We do not get a lot of items with this specific product: two SATA cables, the I/O shield, one Quick Installation Guide, but also an installation disk with drivers and applications:
The motherboard is fully wrapped inside an anti-static bag:
The NM70I-1037U mobo comes with a clean layout and in the center we get to see the included processor, which is cooled with a small heatsink combined with a fan. Thanks to the two DIMM slots, we can install a total of 16GB of DDR3 on it:
Near the VRM and the CPU 4-pin power connector we get to see the Intersil ISL6363 Multiphase PWM regulator:
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As the little power supply claims 20amps on 2 rails I bought a GTX460 768mb on ebay. So now 3d06 gave me 11145 - cpu 1920 s/m2 4977 and hd sm3 6652. So I don't think the cpu is a bottleneck. Shame about the video card noise.
Temps on cpuid h/w monitor (running in the background) cpu-min 34 and max55. but its not in a case. Very pleased , overall conclusion is a lot of fun in a biscuit tin.