BIOSTAR X670E VALKYRIE AM5 Motherboard Review

Motherboards/AMD AM5 by stefan @ 2022-10-31

The X670E VALKYRIE board from BIOSTAR is a solid offering, coming with support for latest technologies such as PCIe Gen 5, integrates a solid VRM for handling the new power-hungry Ryzen 7000 processors, no less than four M.2 slots for storage which minimizes the need of using SATA drives on the same system, onboard buttons for easy Power/Reset/CMOS Reset actions and decent memory overclocking support.

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Product Specifications

Chipset: AMD X670E

 

CPU SUPPORT: Socket AM5 support AMD Ryzen™ 7000 series Processors, support for future AMD Ryzen processors with BIOS update

 

MEMORY: Supports Dual Channel DDR5 6000+(OC)/ 5800(OC)/ 5600(OC)/ 5400(OC)/ 5200(OC)/ 5000(OC)/ 4800, 4 x DDR5 DIMM Memory Slot, Max. Supports up to 128 GB Memory

Each DIMM supports non-ECC 8/ 16/ 32 GB DDR5 module

 

INTEGRATED VIDEO: Supports DX12, supports HDCP

STORAGE: 6 x SATA III Connector (6Gb/s), supports AHCI & RAID 0, 1, 10

Total support 4 x M.2 Socket and 6 x SATA (6Gb/s) ports

1 x M.2 (Key M) Socket (M2M_CPU_1): supports M.2 Type 2280 SSD module, supports PCI-E 5.0 x4 (128Gb/s)/ 4.0 x4 (64Gb/s) - NVMe/ AHCI SSD

1 x M.2 (Key M) Socket (M2M_CPU_2): supports M.2 Type 2260/ 2280/ 22110 SSD module, supports PCI-E 5.0 x 4 (128Gb/s) / 4.0 x 4 (64Gb/s) - NVMe / AHCI SSD

1 x M.2 (Key M) Socket (M2M_SB_1): support M.2 Type 2260/ 2280 SSD module, support PCI-E 4.0 x 4 (64Gb/s) - NVMe / AHCI SSD

1 x M.2 (Key M2) Socket (M2M_SB_2): supports M.2 Type 2280 SSD module, supports PCI-E 4.0 x 4 (64Gb/s) - NVMe / AHCI SSD

 

LAN: Intel i225V (2.5G): 10/ 100/ 1000/ 2500 Mb/s auto negotiation, Half / Full duplex capability

 

AUDIO CODEC: ALC1220, 7.1 Channels, High Definition Audio, Hi-Fi

 

USB:

2 x USB 3.2 Gen2x2 Type-C port (1 on rear I/Os and 1 via internal headers)

11 x USB 3.2 Gen2 port (9 on rear I/Os and 2 via internal headers)

4 x USB 2.0 port (4 via internal headers)

 

EXPANSION SLOT:

2 x PCIe 5.0 x 16 Slot (x16 or x8 mode)

1 x PCIe 4.0 x 16 Slot (x4 mode)

 

REAR I/O:

2 x WiFi Antenna Port

1 x BIOS update Button

1 x HDMI Port (HDMI2.1)

1 x DP Port (DP1.4)

1 x USB 3.2 (Gen2x2) Type-C Port

9 x USB 3.2 (Gen2) Type-A Port

1 x 2.5G LAN port

5 x Audio Jack

1 x SPDIF_Out

 

INTERNAL I/O:

6 x SATA III Connector (6Gb/s)

1 x M.2 (E Key) Socket: supports 2230 type Wi-Fi & Bluetooth module

2 x USB 2.0 Header (each header supports 2 USB 2.0 ports)

1 x USB 3.2 (Gen2) Header (each header supports 2 USB 3.2 (Gen2) ports)

1 x USB 3.2 (Gen2x2) Type-C Port (each header supports 1 USB 3.2 (Gen2x2) port)

2 x 8-Pin Power Connector

1 x 24-Pin Power Connector

1 x CPU Fan Connector

1 x CPU water cooling connector (CPU_OPT)

4 x System Fan Connector

1 x Front Panel Header

1 x Front Audio Header

1 x Internal Stereo Speaker Header

1 x Clear CMOS Switch Button

1 x Power Switch Button

1 x Reset Switch Button

1 x COM Port Header

1 x TPM Header

1 x Thunderbolt Header

2 x LED Header (5V)

1 x LED Header (12V)

1 x IO LED Header

1 x SB LED Header

H/W MONITORING:

CPU / System Temperature Monitoring

Smart / Manual CPU Fan Control

CPU/DDR Voltage Monitoring

 

DIMENSION: ATX Form Factor Dimension: 30.5cm x 24.4cm (W x L)

 

OS SUPPORT: Supports Windows 10 (64bit) / 11(64bit)

 

ACCESSORIES:

4 x SATA Cable

1 x DVD Driver

1 x User Manual

1 x Smart Connector

 

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