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Biostar Officially Launches X370GTN and B350GTN Mini-ITX Ryzen Motherboards

Biostar has been ahead of the pack when it comes to launching mini-ITX Ryzen motherboards and have been teasing them ever since the embargo dropped, but now they have been officially launched. The Biostar Racing X370GTN and Biostar Racing B350GTN are feature-packed small form-factor motherboards supporting the latest AMD Ryzen AM4 motherboards as well as AM4 compatible APUs. Both motherboards are equipped with dual DDR4 DIMM slots, 4x SATA 6G ports, PCIe M.2 (mounted at the back of the motherboard) port, USB Type-C, USB 3.1 Gen 2 (rear IO) port and RGB LED support via dual 4-pin 5050 LED fun zone on-board headers.

Both the Racing X370GTN and B350GTN motherboards use a 5+2 phase VRM design for the CPU+SoC and feature full unlocked Ryzen CPU and memory overclocking. A Realtek RTL8118AS controller is used for Gigabit LAN functionality while a Realtek ALC892 8-channel audio provides 5-analog audio jacks in the rear plus front panel headers. An HDMI connector and a DVI-D connector are also available for on-board graphics use when an APU is installed. There is a single PCIe x16 slot so users can install a graphics card if they wish to do so as well, for a compact AMD Ryzen-based gaming rig.

To make installation convenient on such a compact form factor, the on-board headers are situated along the edge so the two LED headers are right beside the CPU fan header at the top right beside the system fan header. The CPU VRM MOSFET heatsink itself has RGB LED function that can be synched with LED strips attached to the LED headers on-board.

Specifications

Model

RACING X370GTN

RACING B350GTN

CPU Support

AMD A-series APU / Ryzen CPU / NPU for Socket AM4
Maximum CPU TDP (Thermal Design Power) : 95Watt

Chipset

AMD X370

AMD B350

Memory

Support Dual Channel DDR4 3200(OC)/ 2933(OC)/ 2667/ 2400/ 2133/ 1866 MHz
Support Non-ECC & ECC Un-buffered DIMM Memory modules
2 x DDR4 DIMM Memory Slot
Max. Supports up to 32GB Memory
* DDR4 2667 for AMD Ryzen CPU
Ryzen – DDR Maximum Frequency Support Table (For better DDR4 compatibility, it is recommended to follow the table below to install DDR4 modules. Please refer to memory support list for more details.)

Maximum	DIMMA1	DIMMB1
DDR4-2667	SR	–
DDR4-2667	DR	–
DDR4-2667	SR	SR
DDR4-2400	DR	DR

SR:Single-rank DIMM, 1R x4 or 1R x8
DR:Dual-rank DIMMs, 2R x4 or 2R x8

Storage

4 x SATA3 Connector
Support SATA RAID: 0,1,10
1 x M.2 Key M 32Gb/s Connector, support M.2 type 2260/ 2280 SATA 6Gb/s & PCI-E Storage(on the back of the motherboard)
* M.2 (32Gb/s) : The bandwidth is depended on CPU, Ryzen is 32Gb/s ; APU & NPU is 16Gb/s.

LAN

Realtek RTL8118AS – 10/100/1000 Controller
Support Super LAN Surge Protection

CODEC

Realtek ALC892 8-Channel Blu-ray Audio
Support BIOSTAR Hi-Fi

USB

1x USB 3.1 Gen2 (10Gb/s) Type-C port (1 on rear I/Os)
1x USB 3.1 Gen2 (10Gb/s) Type-A port (1 on rear I/Os)
6x USB 3.1 Gen1 (5Gb/s) port (4 on rear I/Os and 2 via internal header)
2x USB 2.0 port (2 via internal header)

Expansion Slots

1 x PCI-E x16 3.0 Slot(x16 for Ryzen CPU only, NPU/APU run at x8 speed)

REAR I/O

1 x PS/2
1 x USB 3.1 Gen2 Type-C Port
1 x USB 3.1 Gen2 Port
4 x USB 3.1 Gen1 Port
1 x HDMI Connector, resolution up to 4096 x 2160 @24Hz or 3840 x 2160 @30Hz
1 x DVI-D Connector, resolution up to 1920 x 1200 @60Hz
1 x RJ-45 Port
5 x Audio Connector
1 x S/PDIF Out Port

INTERNAL I/O

1 x USB 3.1 Gen1 Header
1 x USB 2.0 Header
4 x SATA3 6Gb/s Connector
1 x M.2 Key M 32Gb/s Connector, support M.2 type 2260/ 2280 SATA 6Gb/s & PCI-E Storage(on the back of the motherboard)
1 x Front Audio Header
1 x Front Panel Header
1 x CPU Fan Header
1 x System Fan Header
2 x 5050 LED Header

DIMENSION

Mini ITX Form Factor Dimension: 17cm x 17cm ( W x L )

OS SUPPORT

Support Windows 7(x64) / 10(x64)