Concerns with the phases

[Gix7Fifty]

Narrowed it down to these 2 mobos for my i9 9900k. The Aorus Master or Aorus Elite

Is the $60 difference worth it  (and yes I know the Master has other features)

• Master 12 Phases IR Digital VRM Solution with PowIRstage
• Elite 12+1 Phases Digital VRM Solution with DrMOS

[Cereal5]

Get whatever one has whichever features you prefer, or whichever is cheaper. You won't see a difference unless you're an LN2 overclocker. You probably wouldn't see a real difference over something with 8 phase power. It's much more dependent on the silicon in your CPU.

[Gix7Fifty]

5 minutes ago, Cereal5 said:

Get whatever one has whichever features you prefer, or whichever is cheaper. You won't see a difference unless you're an LN2 overclocker. You probably wouldn't see a real difference over something with 8 phase power. It's much more dependent on the silicon in your CPU.

Cool beans!

[Maxxtraxx]

16 minutes ago, Cereal5 said:

Get whatever one has whichever features you prefer, or whichever is cheaper. You won't see a difference unless you're an LN2 overclocker. You probably wouldn't see a real difference over something with 8 phase power. It's much more dependent on the silicon in your CPU.

Agreed,

 

The current crop of middle and high range gigabyte boards have the best VRM of any Z390 board in their classes.  The Master has better VRM cooling... but that doesn't mean the elite has poor cooling, the master just has the best in category.

 

Buildzoid has some great rambling about the new Aorus boards if you wish to know more.

 

Buildzoid Aorus Master Overview: Here

 

Buildzoid Aorus Lineup overview: Here

 

I personally chose the Z390 Aorus Master board, but would have been just as happy with the other mid range Aorus boards after watching Buildzoid.

[Princess Luna]

Yup the difference would only matter if you were going for LN2 for ultimate overclocking for benchmarks and nothing more.

 

For actual 'common' usage with a beefy overclock the cheaper board is by all means sufficient.