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Power Phase Design

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December 30, 2013 8:58:47 AM

Hello Everyone,

I am starting to research into power phases. The reason is because I am getting a new motherboard in a few days. It was not originally bought to be a replacement, but I am considering to use it anyways. The old motherboard is an ASrock Extreme4-M with hybrid phase design. This is the new one:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...

I know ASrock is usually better quality, but that doesn't mean they are always better. I have an i7-3770k I will be using in one of them and I want to have the best overclocking performance.

What I really want to know is what is the power phase of the Biostar board? It specifies 8-phase but it does not say if it is 8+2, 6+2, or 4+4. I heard that counting the little cubes near the CPU socket can tell you the number, but there are several of these cubes in other places so I am unsure.

Any help is much appreciated.

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December 30, 2013 11:40:15 AM

8 Phase Power Design

8 phase power design enables the best delivery of power to supercharge your system, giving extreme users unparalleled overclocking ability and the lowest temperatures to reach maximum performance levels.

http://www.biostar-usa.com/app/en-us/mb/introduction.ph...

Click durable tab ^
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December 30, 2013 12:51:58 PM

SR-71 Blackbird said:
8 Phase Power Design

8 phase power design enables the best delivery of power to supercharge your system, giving extreme users unparalleled overclocking ability and the lowest temperatures to reach maximum performance levels.

http://www.biostar-usa.com/app/en-us/mb/introduction.ph...

Click durable tab ^


Yea I saw that it claims a 8 phase power design, but its not completely clear. I heard that this really might mean 8 phases to the CPU making it 8+2, or it could mean 8 phases total which would be either 6+2 or 4+4.

Thanks for looking into it for me. Are you able to tell by looking at it which it might be?
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