Sunday, 21 April 2013

ASUS's Prototype 40-phase Z77 Motherboard - Wolverine!

The prototype ASUS motherboard codenamed Wolverine as pictured below shares an uncanny resemblance to the P8Z77-V series, with the obvious exception of the 40-phase power design. Annoyingly, silkscreen markings of the drivers and PWM controllers used were blacked out but it is certainly a radical departure from the usualDIGI+ VRM design. Time will tell if ASUS will (re-)adopt the marketing friendly "MOAR PHASES IS BETTER" metric approach, which is silly as there will be a diminishing point of return really.

For example, the ROG Maximus V Gene implements just 8+4 beefy phases, but that didnt hinder its prowness in claiming most subzero overclocking records.



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