Biostar has been the first manufacturer to show AMD AM4 300-series motherboards. A few months ago, during an event in Taiwan, Biostar has shown a few details on an upcoming mini-ITX model, that is based on AMD’s AM4 chipset. Meanwhile there are all the details on the Racing X370-GTN motherboard.



The Biostar X370-GTN is based on a mini-ITX form factor with two DDR4 DIMM slots. On the storage side we find one M.2 slot, four SATA ports and 4 USB 3.0 ports. In the case of the CPU power design we find the same implementation as on the X370-GT5 and the X370-GT3. Looking at expansion slots there is one PCIe Gen 3.0 x16 slot without any metal reinforcement. In addition, like on all the previous models, we see a Realtek Dragon LAN chip. We are quite curious how Ryzen CPUs will perform on this new motherboard since this is the first AMD X370 mini-ITX model. According to the manufacturer, the X370-GTN should be compatible with all AMD Ryzen CPUs, which are available and the board should works with XFR technology.

Looking at the external connectors placed directly at the I/O-panel, Biostar equipped the new X370-GTN with a P/S2 connector, two USB 3.1 ports, four USB 3.0 ports, one Gigabit Ethernet port as well as an analogue audio panel with optical out. Furthermore we also find one HDMI and one DVI port. Unfortunately there is no CMOS reset button.

With the X370-GTN, Biostar completes their lineup, which includes three ATX form factor models as well: the Biostar X370-GT7, the Biostar X370-GT5 and the Biostar X370-GT3. At the moment Biostar didn't reveal any details on availability.




Source: OC3D