Biostar question

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Jamin43

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I have a family member that might want a PC built to have as a second computer. Nothing worth investing alot of money in - but I keep seeing Fry's deals w/ Phenom II CPU's with Biostar motherboards in combo.

This weeks is a Phenom II 945 + Biostar motherboard for like $149.00. For that CPU / Motherboard - the price looks like a steal - but is a Biostar MOBO going to crap out on me in a couple months. I'd be using the onboard graphics card - so it'd be a cheap build either way if I decided to build it. I'd get an inexpensive case / keyboard / PSU to go along with it.
 
I still have an old PC with a biostar board. . . about 5years old, still works perfectly.

Nothing wrong with that brand in my books
 
My Biostar is almost two years old. Minimum 10hrs a day use, gently overclocked, 14 months of 24/7 use. Zero problems to date.
 
Reliability will vary with cheaper brands like that. The biggest thing that determines reliability is going to be the capacitors. Well-built motherboards will use solid caps, while the lower quality ones still use regular electrolytic ones. Here's what to look for:

Solid: (you want these)
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Regular: (don't get these)
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