Quote Originally Posted by Mechromancer View Post
Brother Esau I'm interested to know how well the 6-phase digital PWM handles overclocking the mighty 125watt 9850BE. If you haven't heard, cheaper motherboards with 3 to 5 phase PWMs blow their MOSFETS with these 125w CPUs. If the 6-phase on this board can't get the CPU to 3.2Ghz (which it will do on air with the stock cooler @1.4v) then I need to consider an 8-Phase ASUS or Gigabyte (both have crappy bioses though).

Here are some links describing the 125watt mobo problem and 3.2Ghz@1.4v respectively:
http://www.anandtech.com/mb/showdoc.aspx?i=3279
http://www.lostcircuits.com/cpu/amd_phenom9850/
LOL, no, none of the 790FX boards have a problem or blow up with Phenoms, but 3-phase cheaper 780G designs with 125W mainly or 3+1 phase if you don't cool the PWM area or top the 160W CPU boundaries - then very possible. Nothing above 3+1 phase has a problem that we know of.

My 4+1 phase I've benched pulling 250W DC through CPU alone at 1.6v 3.1GHz stock HSF with no TIM and not tied down, just resting on top of CPU. Over 48 hours at that setting. Don't read too much into FUD, ask the guys who have experience with the board you're after and you'll get accurate answers.

The DFI has no problem with these wattages nor does any other 790FX board that I know of.

1.4v 3.2G? That has nothing to do with board if you have a decent board, that's good, but don't expect it unless you get a good oc chip. Mine and Achims won't do that. Mine will not even POST at 1.4v 3.2G, let alone stable.