Is there any concern anymore for getting an 8 phase pwm board?

[BTRY B 529th FA BN]

Are 8 phase pwm boards a thing of the past? I know they are better for overclocking but i see alot of people buying cheap boards & an e8400 with overclocking in mind.

EDIT: "8-Phase Power Design, intended to reduce input ripple current, and output ripple voltage;"

 

[wwswimming]

good power processing circuitry is good for stability & OC'ing.

the original AT article about the P5N32 board, about 2 years ago, was
gushingly effusive about how great the voltage stability & OC'ing was
on that board, which intro'd Asus' 8 phase design.

then Gigabyte comes out with ... it's hard keeping up ... how many
phases is it now - 120 ? just kidding.

what matters is that it's a good design, e.g. the DFI Ultra-D board
about whose number of phases we heard little, but which was great
for OC'ing on the AMD side.

 

[Heidfirst]

asus has now introduced a 16-phase design on top mobos & Gigabyte of course has it's 12 but afaik neither always run like that often using fewer ...
No. of phases alone isn't the be all & end all for good PWM, there are component quality & overall design too.