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Originally Posted by belaud
a full dual digital VRM setup @ 12 Phases found on the Maximus/Extreme V's can easily beat out that stupid Gigabyte 32 Phase Power garbage
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Not necessarily. With the Gigabyte, the load is spread across more power stages. The ripple should be much lower, and the heat should be lower as well, since they don't have to be in an ON state as much.
I agree that # of phases isn't as important as what is controlling them. But Gigabyte ALWAYS uses really good hardware on their boards, even the lower models. The power stages used on the 32 phase UP7 you are referring to are good for 60A each at room temperature. That is a fucking lot of power, way more than they will ever need. Divided across all these, they will not need to break a sweat to run.
Besides, the way it works, it can be used in various modes. All 32 phases are rarely ever used, it can also be used as a regular 8 phase board or even less, for better power efficiency. So at the very LEAST you have an 8 phase CPU VRM with 60A power stages. Better than just about every other board out there already.
Not sure what makes you say those Asus boards "can easily beat out" this design... beat it at what?
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Originally Posted by belaud
A bad batch of boards few years ago can't be the breaking point for your new purchase
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Not saying it should be. Just pointing out that they had a bad batch a while ago, which is why it's important to know this stuff. Current models may or may not be garbage - it's up to the user to find out.
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Originally Posted by belaud
Gigabyte offers a full USB 3.0 connection point on most of their Z77 boards, when in reality, there are only one or two hub point on the board, meaning the data rate is split if it is all utilized. A hub can only power two USB 3 ports to its full data limit.
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Wrong. Gigabyte boards use Via VL800 controllers for their USB 3.0. These are NOT hubs,
they are full xHCI host controllers.
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Originally Posted by belaud
I've never seen a single board from a reputable brand that will downright lie about such an important feature, maybe AsRock, or Biostar
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ASRock has lied outright about their VRMs being digital. Most will do things to cheap out, but not necessarily lie about it outright.