16 phase power?

[roguerower]

I'm looking at purchasing a P5Q when I build my new system and see it touting it's "True 16-phase power" and I have no idea what this means or represents. Someone care to shed some light on it?

 

[plion]

bump, I'm also curious about this.

 

[beray]

Very simple really, mobo regulators are also voltage power supplies.

Asus mobo had 16 independent multi-rail (multi-phase) power supply with all outputs tied back into a single monster rail.

True Multi-rail power supplies are more dependable and more reliable than single-rail power supplies even when used as single-rail power supplies.