FX 8320 no oc mobo ?

[proropke]

Asus M5A97 R2.0 OR THIS Gigabyte UD3P

Tell me reason for the chosen one

 

[EasyLover]

Both are good mobos. I've mostly recommended gigabyte UD3P for 970A category, AM3+ socket mobos. It has 8+2 VRM power phase and is good enough of overclocking in its price range.

 

[proropke]

Both are good mobos. I've mostly recommended gigabyte UD3P for 970A category, AM3+ socket mobos. It has 8+2 VRM power phase and is good enough of overclocking in its price range.

I don't plan to overclock cause i don't know anything about overclock and what does 8+2 VRM power phase mean ? Explain it like you would explain it to your doog, Woof wooof

 

[proropke]

Both are good mobos. I've mostly recommended gigabyte UD3P for 970A category, AM3+ socket mobos. It has 8+2 VRM power phase and is good enough of overclocking in its price range.

please explain

 

[EasyLover]

Sorry for late reply. I've tried two two times to reply earlier and both times, power failure occurred. Common phenomena in my region.

Also you are out of luck as I don't have any pet.

So what is this 8+2 power phase?

Power phases are structures on motherboards which are responsible to supply power to the CPU and RAM through VRM (Voltage Regulator Module) and MOSFETs (metal oxide semiconductor field-effect transistor. It is a type of transistor used for amplifying or switching electronic signals). Common power phase designs are: -

4+1
4+2
4+4
8+2

In 8+2 design, 8 phases are designated for CPU, 1 phase goes to RAM and one goes to HT (HyperTransport).

Example to learn it better: -

Consider a high way with 4 lanes. Suppose 400 vehicles have to move on these four lanes. The chance of accident is more. Now if we increase the lanes say like 8 lanes with same amount of traffic i.e 400 vehicles, the chances of accidents are reduced significantly.

Same goes for our CPU. More phases dedicated to the CPU, means more stable power or electricity goes to the CPU.

With this 8+2 phase design, you are in better position to overclock the CPU.