ASRock Z390 Phantom Gaming 7

Black Haru · Jun 21, 2019

X570 is around the corner, but ASRock hasn't forgotten the current king of gaming: Z390. The new Z390 Phantom Gaming 7 offers a new look, but the same great performance and rock solid stability ASRock has come to be known for.

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diatribe · Jun 22, 2019

In order to achieve 10 phases, ASRock has used four Intersil ISL6617A doublers located on the back of the board.

Wouldn't there need to be 5 doublers, or are there two phases that run without them?

Landcross · Jun 22, 2019

diatribe said:
In order to achieve 10 phases, ASRock has used four Intersil ISL6617A doublers located on the back of the board.

Wouldn't there need to be 5 doublers, or are there two phases that run without them?

As the article mentions, the 10-phase VRM is in a '(4 x 2) + 2 configuration '. I believe this means that it has 8 phases (which use 4 doublers) for the Vcore and 2 phases for the SOC. But... I just read these terms a lot on the internet, I'm afraid I don't exactly know what they mean. I'm not an expert, so I'm not 100% sure about what I just said anyway.

TheGuruStud · Jun 22, 2019

The Quim Reaper said:
I don't know where you got that price from ($195) because all the ones I've seen have been upwards of $250.

That's a whole lotta yikes for the hardware lol.

Black Haru · Jun 22, 2019

Landcross said:
As the article mentions, the 10-phase VRM is in a '(4 x 2) + 2 configuration '. I believe this means that it has 8 phases (which use 4 doublers) for the Vcore and 2 phases for the SOC. But... I just read these terms a lot on the internet, I'm afraid I don't exactly know what they mean. I'm not an expert, so I'm not 100% sure about what I just said anyway.

That is correct, the two SOC phases do not use doublers.

TheGuruStud said:
That's a whole lotta yikes for the hardware lol.

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Tsukiyomi91 · Jun 23, 2019

at least this is still cheaper than the "cheapest" X570 mobo, which is $200 or so, as per quoted by MSI's CEO. :roll:

lukart · Jun 23, 2019

Still looks solid board even for some decent overclocking, it seems they used quality VRMs and the heatsinks should be sufficient for high loads.

Vlada011 · Jun 25, 2019

ASRock, GIGABYTE and MSI like colorful motherboards.
But did you saw how GIGABYTE made 2 premium Z390 motherboards, with angled 24pin, metal.
Look bad ass, whole motherboard is different with only one small detail...

I wish badly my motherboard with same connector.

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