The VRM on a motherboard like the Gigabyte B650M K is shown as 8-phase here, while a board like the ASUS Prime B650M-A Wifi is shown as 4-phase. Dont they have the same phase config? (2x4+2+1) Why is it different? And will another board like the ASUS Prime B650M-K be 8-phase or 4-phase?
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Question about motherboard VRM
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The VRM on a motherboard like the Gigabyte B650M K is shown as 8-phase here, while a board like the ASUS Prime B650M-A Wifi is shown as 4-phase. Dont they have the same phase config? (2x4+2+1) Why is it different? And will another board like the ASUS Prime B650M-K be 8-phase or 4-phase?
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The Gigabyte might be using actual true 8 phase while the Asus might be just using double lo-side. In any case, current handling capacity probably isn't that different, as long as Asus is using double lo-side MOSFETs.
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