Motherboard VRMs & phases

[n3onis]

Can someone tell me how many VRMs and phases this motherboard has:

I researched this topic, but I seem to find 7 VRMs on this board, which could would result in a power phase design that I haven't heard of. Perhaps 6+1? Or am I missing something?
edit: I'm not planning to overclock on this mobo, it's the H chipset. I'm just trying to learn how to identify parts.

 

[Justiceinacan]

Looks like a 4+2 to me, can't see a 7th.

 

[n3onis]

Looks like a 4+2 to me, can't see a 7th.

I added another picture. Is the square thing on the far right not a choke? Because I swear I can identify MOSFETs...

 

[Rogue Leader]

Thats 4+2, look at the chokes (big grey boxes around the processors) and then right next to them is some small chips, the larger of the small chips is a VRM. there's 6 of them total.

 

[n3onis]

Thats 4+2, look at the chokes (big grey boxes around the processors) and then right next to them is some small chips, the larger of the small chips is a VRM. there's 6 of them total.

What is the thing on the right? It also has 1 larger box, but it is darker than the chokes. And it also has MOSFETs next to it, I believe. At least they look the same to me.
edit: next to the OC Genie text.

 

[Rogue Leader]

Thats 4+2, look at the chokes (big grey boxes around the processors) and then right next to them is some small chips, the larger of the small chips is a VRM. there's 6 of them total.

What is the thing on the right? It also has 1 larger box, but it is darker than the chokes. And it also has MOSFETs next to it, I believe. At least they look the same to me.
edit: next to the OC Genie text.

Good catch yes, this is a 6+1 power phase, that choke there (well the VRM next to it) is the +1.

 

[n3onis]

Thats 4+2, look at the chokes (big grey boxes around the processors) and then right next to them is some small chips, the larger of the small chips is a VRM. there's 6 of them total.

What is the thing on the right? It also has 1 larger box, but it is darker than the chokes. And it also has MOSFETs next to it, I believe. At least they look the same to me.
edit: next to the OC Genie text.

Good catch yes, this is a 6+1 power phase, that choke there (well the VRM next to it) is the +1.

Thanks for answering. What about this? It's a 8+2 motherboard (GA-970A-UD3P), but I can see 10 next to the CPU + 4 additional ones next to the RAM. Or is that something else?

 

[Rogue Leader]

The chokes can't always be counted, you need to look for the VRM chips. In this boards case the heatsink is stuck over them so its hard to tell.

 

[n3onis]

The chokes can't always be counted, you need to look for the VRM chips. In this boards case the heatsink is stuck over them so its hard to tell.

What exactly do the VRM chips look like? I can see 2-3 chips next to each choke. on the first motherboard and I can't tell what the actual VRM is.

 

[Rogue Leader]

The chokes can't always be counted, you need to look for the VRM chips. In this boards case the heatsink is stuck over them so its hard to tell.

What exactly do the VRM chips look like? I can see 2-3 chips next to each choke. on the first motherboard and I can't tell what the actual VRM is.

On the first board, next to each choke the slightly larger of the 2 chips is a VRM.

 

[n3onis]

The chokes can't always be counted, you need to look for the VRM chips. In this boards case the heatsink is stuck over them so its hard to tell.

What exactly do the VRM chips look like? I can see 2-3 chips next to each choke. on the first motherboard and I can't tell what the actual VRM is.

On the first board, next to each choke the slightly larger of the 2 chips is a VRM.

I took some real pictures of my motherboard, if you can show me, because I really can't tell the difference.
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0B-kSyZZIjsfNVlFTVk5vN1JYYTg?usp=sharing
Sorry for bothering you.

 

[Rogue Leader]

So looking at the chips in your boards case it looks like you have highside and low side mostfets. So the 2 chips next to each chose is "1 VRM", a high and low side. This is a good explanation of how that works:

http://sinhardware.com/index.php/vrm-articles/82-vrm-guide

There are other VRM setups where they are integrated to 1 mosfet chip.