Phase Power

[Azonarick]

So, I was browsing a lot of motherboards lately, and what I see are the "Phase Power" 4+2 or 8+2 blah blah. what does it really do?

[EarthboundHero]

More and cleaner power. Better for overclocking. 8+2 is better.

[Godlygamer23]

It really comes down to having cleaner power, more stable voltage, and less stress on the transistors(the transistors that convert the voltages).

[Azonarick]

Thank you guys

[LaiLaiNoob]

Thank you guys

 

I think it's really irrelevant at this point when most of the overclocking components are now on the chip instead of the motherboard. Most of the stuff now is just for pure marketing, at least for the LGA1150 platform, but if you're on other sockets & AMD yeah it would deliver power with more stability.

[Jumper118]

So, I was browsing a lot of motherboards lately, and what I see are the "Phase Power" 4+2 or 8+2 blah blah. what does it really do?

it depends whether they are true phases or just doublers  

[TorqueS]

Phase power has to do with VRM(Voltage Regulator Module), which helps delivering cleaner power to the CPU, for better OC results. Cleaner power means that the voltage will not fluctuate much from the value you set in the BIOS tweaker, therefore causing instability.

 

For Intel, as it is right now, this VRM circuit seems to be integrated in the CPU, so the results are 90% dependant on the chip. 

For AMD, on the other hand, the modulation is stil done on the motherboard, so that's why for AMD (FX CPUs mainly) you need a strong 8+2 phase motherboard, if you want to overclock.

[Azonarick]

So if I have an AMD FX-6300 (not gonna overclock it), should I buy 8+2 or 4+2 so forth?

[FruitBasketSilex]

So if I have an AMD FX-6300 (not gonna overclock it), should I buy 8+2 or 4+2 so forth?

8+2