With the Racing X470GT8, BIOSTAR has built a solid mainstream platform for the AMD Ryzen 2000 series and packs quite a bit of features. The UEFI interface is easy to navigate and within it we can fine-tune the system performance or adapt the settings depending on the installed hardware. Thanks to the total of four memory slots, we can install up to 64GB of RAM and theoretically up to 3200MHz RAM is supported; in our tests, the GEIL PC4 25600 3200MHz CL16 8GBx2 Samsung B-die based kit did run well until 2933MHz, but considering that we were running the latest BETA BIOS, things may improve in the future.

While with the Gigabyte AX370 Gaming 5 we were unable to run our retail Ryzen 2600X at 4.2GHz all-core, the X470GT8 seemed to have no issues with that and we could do this by using a relatively low voltage.

The board is RGB-enabled and comes with two extra headers for connecting extra equipment; the audio interface is well isolated from the rest of the PCB and packs a more recent CODEC, the Realtek ALC1220. If the six SATA interfaces are not enough, we can also make use of the M.2 Key M 32GB/s Connector that is also provided with a heatsink, in order to avoid throttling.

Besides the I/O ports, we do have plenty of USB headers on the board, that do help connecting different controllers, but also making use of extra USB ports on the case.

The board can be found online for about 175 Euros.

BIOSTAR Racing X470GT8 AM4 Motherboard is Recommended for:

We would like to thank BIOSTAR for making this review possible!