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Biostar's TP35D2-A7 motherboard is built with Intel's P35 Express and ICH9 chipsets, so with a Core 2 Duo or Core 2 Quad processor it becomes the backbone for a good WindowsXP or Vista PC.
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Biostar TP35D2-A7 Motherboard Highlights
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The
Biostar TP35D2-A7 has one PCI Express x16 slot, a PCI Express x4 and x1 slot, and
three 32 bit PCI slots for legacy hardware. The TP35D2-A7 Deluxe
does not support dual videocards. At the bottom of the motherboard
are the audio connectors along with the floppy drive connector, not the
greatest location, but many consumers aren't even installing floppy drives
anymore.
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The bottom right hand corner of
the Biostar TP35D2-A7 is the
busiest part of the motherboard. The Serial ATA II and IDE connectors are located
together, just below are the front panel I/O and physical power/reset buttons. We really love these
little buttons, when building up the PC before installing it in the case they make
the job go a lot
smoother.
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The Biostar TP35D2-A7 is
equipped with four DDR2 memory slots.
Considering the target audience, it makes sense for Biostar to support
DDR2 memory instead of pricey DDR3 memory which offers slight advantage anyway. The
memory slots are colour coordinated
so you know which slots to occupy with memory to enable dual channel
operation.
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There is plenty of space around the LGA775 Intel CPU socket so you can install
larger heatsinks like the Zalman CNPS9700. The heatsink on the Intel P35
Express Northbridge is passive, so no noise is
created.
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An actual parallel port has been replaced by a header, if
you have a bracket from an older PC, that will work here.
If not, check your local computer store for
one.
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Up next, PCSTATS tries its hand at overclocking the Biostar TP35D2-A7
motherboard... how high will it clock to? Any guesses?
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