The PWM or Pulse Width Modulator, regulates power to the cpu. The trend has been to go from analog PWM's to digital PWM's.Pls. what does this 4 and 8 phase PWM do
Older P35 boards, like the ABIT IP35, used an analog 4 phase PWM that could power the Q6600 quads very well. The higher end boards switched over to 6 or 8 phase PWM's. The "budget" boards, like the DK boards use 4 phase PWM's. The Blood Iron (DFI's P35 budget board) had a 4 phase PWM that did not seem to do well at all with quads. However, DFI's subsequent DK boards, even though they use 4 phase PWM, seemed to do ok with quads. DFI seems to have implemented a better (more durable) 4 phase PWM in these boards.
However, an 8 phase PWM will run comparatively cooler and supply stable power more efficiently than a 4 phase PWM.
That's how I understand it.



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