AM4 Mainboard VRM list

[unseenmorbidity]

AM4 Mainboard VRM list

 

[DrMrLordX]

I'm tempted to ask for this to be a sticky? Though AM4 is still only of interest to a certain subset of posters here.

Still very informative.

 

[ScottAD]

So the PC Mate does not support OC? I was considering buying the board for an ATX build I want to do.

 

[IEC]

I like my Taichi best of all my boards. ASRock did a great job with this board and it has a great layout. Not to mention top-shelf VRM/power circuitry. BIOS is mature compared to Gigabyte as well.

MSI may get dinged by some for using cheaper components, but their implementation of said components appears to be just fine. BIOS was easy to use as well.

Gigabyte Gaming 3 suffers for poor VRM cooling. I wouldn't recommend for > 1.3V OCs.

 

[Leyawiin]

This is what I think is a valid, non-snarky question. If Ryzen is so poor at overclocking does it matter what the VRM count or quality is? If they can't get over 4 Ghz couldn't wouldn't a 4 phase board be fine?

 

[Crono]

This is what I think is a valid, non-snarky question. If Ryzen is so poor at overclocking does it matter what the VRM count or quality is? If they can't get over 4 Ghz couldn't wouldn't a 4 phase board be fine?

Going by the results of reviewers, the results of users in the overclocking and build threads here, and my own experience, no, I don't think it makes much of a practical difference in terms of overclocking.

Maybe it matters for stability at 4GHz vs 4.1GHz, but at that level it's probably luck of the draw, regardless. Lower phase boards seem to hit 3.9 and 4GHz just fine, but perhaps with slightly hotter VRM temps.

 

[DrMrLordX]

More power phases = lower VRM temps. My Taichi won't crack a reported VRM temp of 45C while running the CPU @ 4 GHz/1.35v (Level 1 LLC).