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

[zanzabar]

just wondering if that EVGA nForce 730a board will run a CPU cooler than a Gigabyte (AMD 760G chipset with only 3+1 Power Design)


the Gigabyte board for some reason reports a bit higher temperatures on the same chip than when ran on a board with a so-called 8+2 Phase Power Design... (ASUS M4A89GTD PRO/USB3.)


Basically, going from the ASUS M4A89GTD PRO/USB3 [8+2 :: 2x 4+1] to a Gigabyte GA-MA78LM-S2 (rev. 1.0) [3+1] my AMD Phenom II X2 545 (Callisto) increased the temperatures using the same thermal paste and HSF..., so I was wondering if putting the CPU into an EVGA 113-M2-E113-TR [4+2]

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each board reports temps differently, and if u have a good pwm u can undervolt. but i would stay far away from NV chipsets ive had to many dead
ones to ever want to see a new one