BIOSTAR TForce 590 SLI Motherboard Review :: TForce 590 SLI Bundle

• Biostar 590 SLI motherboard
• Headset with microphone
• Cell phone charger
• 4 SATA cables
• 4 SATA Power cables
• Back Plate
• Nylon Carrying bag
• Round IDE Cable
• FDD cable
• SLI Bridge
• SLI Bracket
• SPDIF Bracket
• Manual
• Driver CD

The TForce 590 SLI board comes in an attractive gift box with a handle on the top of the box, allowing for easy transport of the motherboard. The cover of the box has a picture of an unusual object, in other words I can't even describe what it looks like. Also on the cover are the main features of the board, including Socket AM2, SLI, Dual GbE, 1394, Dual DDRII-800 and eSATA/RAID. The rear of the box has a short description of the Biostar specific features.

Box Shot

Gifts

Cell Phone Charger

Headset+Mic

Upon opening the box you will find a sight that many motherboard manufacturers can only dream of, a NEAT motherboard bundle. There are no loose SATA cables or Driver CDs to be found in the TForce 590 SLI box. There are two black boxes containing extra items including a headset with microphone for VOIP use and a cell phone charger, something I've never seen in a motherboard bundle before.

Nylon bag

Hardware bundle

Manual and Driver CD

The items for the motherboard bundle come in an attractive little black nylon bag. There are three pockets in the bag, one containing the Rounded IDE cable, one the SATA cables, and the other the back plate, the SLI bracket, the SPDIF In/Out Coaxial bracket, the SLI bridge, the SATA Power cables, and the FDD cable. The whole assembly fits in a recessed area of the motherboard box, allowing easy neat organization of the motherboard components without any of the usual clutter found in other motherboard boxes.

Driver CD

Fan Control

T-Utility Overclock

BIOS Update

Hardware Monitor

Biostar includes some of their own branded utilities with their TForce 590 SLI board. T-Utility Overclock allows you to change the FSB, the multiplier, and the voltage of the CPU on one menu. The memory clock speed and voltage can be changed on a second menu. The third menu allows the user to change the PCI Express frequency and voltage. The last menu on T-Utility overclock allows you to change the PCI frequency and voltage. T-Utility BIOS Update allows the user to save their current BIOS, Update the BIOS from a file or update the BIOS from the Internet. T-Utility Hardware monitor monitors the CPU Temperature, the fan speeds, and the voltages of the system.

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