16 phase power?

[nate313]

Can someone please tell me if these are compatible....

I ordered:

PSU-
CORSAIR CMPSU-520HX 520W ATX12V v2.2 and EPS12V 2.91 SLI Certified CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS Certified Modular Active PFC Power Supply - Retail

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139001



Motherboard-
ASUS P5Q3 DELUXE/WIFI-AP CH1-11 LGA 775 Intel P45 ATX Intel Motherboard - Retail
Extreme stability for DDR3 crossFireX w/ 16-Phase power

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131298



THANKS!

 

[apache_lives]

there fine together, just watch out for your power requirements with your video card etc

 

[nate313]

Can someone explain the 16-phase power(MB) to me?
I saw some 8 phase power motherboards when I was browsing but this asus board is a 16.

 

[Silverion77]

its just the amount of "filters" the power goes through to provide clean power to the CPU helps in large voltage events but if i recall i read that the Asus is actually 8x2 not true 16 (someone correct me)

 

[nate313]

under the specs on newegg for this board it says "The World’s 1st True 16-Phase Power"... so I'm guessing it is. Thanks for the info. It doesnt sound like 16 or 8 is really going to affect my cp use?!

 

[dobby]

that is a good choice of motherboard and a very good choice of PSU all is well.