BIOSTAR Z790 VALKYRIE LGA1700 Motherboard Review

Motherboards/Intel LGA1700 by stefan @ 2022-12-25

While the Z790 VALKYRIE motherboard from BIOSTAR gets sometimes lower scores in benchmarks versus the EVGA Z690 CLASSIFIED which has a more mature UEFI, it compensates by having better expansion options (3 full-sized PCIe slots, no less than five M.2 for storage, individually detachable heatsinks, but also quite a bit of headers). It incorporates a 20-phase design, shielded slots, a lot of headers for fans and USB ports but also a debug LED display for signaling errors.

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Product Specifications

CPU SUPPORT

Support for 12th/13th Generation Intel Core™ i9/ i7/ i5/ i3 processors and Intel® Pentium processors/ Intel® Celeron processors in the LGA1700 package

MEMORY

Supports Dual Channel DDR5 7200+(OC)/ 7000(OC)/ 6800(OC)/ 6600(OC) / 6400(OC)/ 6200(OC)/ 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/ 32GB DDR5 module

Support for Intel® Extreme Memory Profile (XMP) memory modules

INTEGRATED VIDEO

Supports DX12

Supports HDCP

STORAGE

Total support of 5 x M.2 socket and 8 x SATA III (6Gb/s) ports

8 x SATA III Connector (6Gb/s): supports AHCI, RAID 0, 1, 5, 10 & Intel Rapid Storage Technology

1 x M.2 (M Key) Socket (M2M_CPU1):

Supports M.2 Type 2280 SSD module

Supports PCI-E 5.0 x4 (128Gb/s) - NVMe SSD

1 x M.2 (M Key) Socket (M2M_CPU2):

Supports M.2 Type 2280/ 22110 SSD module

Supports PCI-E 4.0 x4 (64Gb/s) - NVMe SSD

1 x M.2 (M Key) Socket (M2M_SB1):

Supports M.2 Type 2280/ 22110 SSD module

Supports PCI-E 4.0 x4 (64Gb/s) - NVMe SSD

1 x M.2 (M Key) Socket (M2M_SB2):

Supports M.2 Type 2280 SSD module

Supports PCI-E 4.0 x4 (64Gb/s) - NVMe SSD

1 x M.2 (M Key) Socket (M2M_SB3):

Supports M.2 Type 2242/ 2260/ 2280 SSD module

Supports PCI-E 3.0 x4 (32Gb/s) - NVMe/ AHCI SSD & SATA lll (6Gb/s)SSD

* When using SATA SSD module on M.2 slot(M2M_SB3), the SATA_8 connector will be disabled.

* When using PCI-E module on M.2 slot(M2M_CPU1), the PCI-E slot(PCIEx16_2) will be disabled.

* When using PCI-E module on M.2 slot(M2M_CPU1), the PCI-E slot(PCIEx16_1) will become x8.

LAN

Intel I226-V

10/ 100/ 1000/ 2500 Mb/s auto negotiation, Half / Full duplex capability

AUDIO CODEC

Realtek ALC1220

7.1 Channels, High-Definition Audio, Hi-Fi(front/rear)

USB

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

1 x USB 3.2 (Gen2) Type-C port (1 on rear I/O) with DP 1.2

8 x USB 3.2 (Gen2) port (6 on rear I/O and 2 via internal header)

4 x USB 2.0 port (4 via internal header)

EXPANSION SLOT

1 x PCIe 5.0 x16 Slot (x16 mode / x8 mode)

1 x PCIe 5.0 x16 Slot (x8 mode)

1 x PCIe 4.0 x16 Slot (x4 mode)

REAR I/O

2 x WIFI Antenna Port

1 x HDMI Port (HDMI2.1)

1 x DP Port (DP1.4)

1 x USB 3.2 (Gen2x2) Type-C Port

1 x USB 3.2 (Gen2) Type-C Port with DP

6 x USB 3.2 (Gen2) Port

1 x 2.5 Gigabit LAN port

5 x Audio Jack

1 x SPDIF_Out

1 x SMART BIOS UPDATE Button

1 x SMART BIOS USB Port

INTERNAL I/O

8 x SATA III Connector (6Gb/s)

1 x M.2 (E Key) Socket: Supports 2230 type Wi-Fi & Bluetooth module and IntelGEN2 CNVi

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 Header.

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 Header

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

* M.2 (E key) Wi-Fi card is not provided

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 Windows 10(64bit) / Windows 11(64bit)

ACCESSORIES

4 x SATA Cable

1 x DVD Driver

1 x User Manual

1 x Smart Connector

 

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