4+1 vs. 8+2(8+1) Phase Power Design

we ever find some real 8 phase designs yet? i know this isn't strictly amd related...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bLO-vYjJN-I

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Originally Posted by erek

we ever find some real 8 phase designs yet? i know this isn't strictly amd related...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bLO-vYjJN-I

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Thanks for that post, it was a little over my head at times but also very informative.

I purchased the ROG MAXIMUS X HERO (WI-FI AC)\
and it sure looks like the same phase set up as the ROG MAXIMUS XI HERO (WI-FI AC)

So the 370 and the 390 has the same phase set-up, that is something i need to find out more about and see what 390 board has the best VRM/phase setup.
being an Intel guy.

I have to say, just by watching that I have a better understanding of what is going on under the hood to my cpu and other components...

thanks....

this one is a real 8-phase

X399 Zenith Extreme Edition

https://youtu.be/iYpKKR6SJBk

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Originally Posted by systemviper

Thanks for that post, it was a little over my head at times but also very informative.

I purchased the ROG MAXIMUS X HERO (WI-FI AC)\
and it sure looks like the same phase set up as the ROG MAXIMUS XI HERO (WI-FI AC)

So the 370 and the 390 has the same phase set-up, that is something i need to find out more about and see what 390 board has the best VRM/phase setup.
being an Intel guy.

I have to say, just by watching that I have a better understanding of what is going on under the hood to my cpu and other components...

thanks....

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is this a real 16-Phase or 4x4 or 2x8? doublers involved?

"Glancing the rear of the power delivery, there does look to be at least 14 power stages, with given the pedigree and status of EVGA's Dark series models, it could easily be a 16-phase monster."

https://www.anandtech.com/show/16821...-dark-edition-

It should be an IR 14+2 like the z490 and z590. They use doublers, but the IR controller can see through the doublers and the intersil doublers can load balance so I would not worry about it from EVGA or on this quality of board.

Intersil has a real 16 phase that works on AMD, but I dont see why they would use it when the 14+2 IR controller they use on everything else is fine with the capacitors mattering more and they could cut the chokes to 200 nanoH for a faster VRM.

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Originally Posted by zanzabar

It should be an IR 14+2 like the z490 and z590. They use doublers, but the IR controller can see through the doublers and the intersil doublers can load balance so I would not worry about it from EVGA or on this quality of board.

Intersil has a real 16 phase that works on AMD, but I dont see why they would use it when the 14+2 IR controller they use on everything else is fine with the capacitors mattering more and they could cut the chokes to 200 nanoH for a faster VRM.

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Just happened upon this video today, seems relevant to this thread:

"Motherboard manufacturers have been lying about VRM phase counts for years." From Buildzoid :

https://youtu.be/HN2T7v45qkk

After watching that I feel personally responsible, and wish I would have known exactly how a VRM works.

Like buildzoid said, the number of components and their quality is what matters, so if you have everyone using similar 40-70A IR power stages the one with 14 will be better than the 10. We also dont really see enough power consumption to need that so things like bios and trace quality matter more.

I always wounder this and still confused how the board manufacture trying to not fully give details about the vrm.

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Originally Posted by xpower

I always wounder this and still confused how the board manufacture trying to not fully give details about the vrm.

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I think there isn't any value giving full details. It's just marketing. I'd rather know max spec & heat dissipation - then you could determine if the VRM is over sized or undersized relative to competition.

All that matters with VRM is that it provides enough clean power...

You could use 1 phase or 30 phases I don't care if you accomplish the goal of providing good clean power.

Example if you could pick between the two following boards:

Option 1: 4 Phase 400A SPEC/ Big Caps /Big Mosfets/ Great cooling
Option 2: 8 Phase 250A Spec/ Cheap caps/ cheap mosfets/ no cooling

Which option would be a more robust platform? If you change the amount of switches or phases it doesnt change the specs at all.