ASUS Maximus VII Gene PCB Breakdown summary (Patreon)

MATX6 Layer PCB

VCCIN VRM --------------------------------------------------------------------ASP1257 8 phaseIR3535 drivers 200-1000KHzCDS87350 "upto 40A" dual n-fets220nH inductorsbulk output filtering: 7x 100uF 16V + 6x 560uF 6.3V 10K FPCAPsbulk input filtering: 6x 270uF 16V 10K FPCAPs

VCCIN power losses500KHz 2Vout 5Vdrv mosfets only80A  ~11W (160W)120A ~17W (240W going to the CPU!)200A ~35W (400W purely theoretical)

VDDR VRM -----------------------------------------------------------------ASP1103 2phaseTI 87588N "upto 25A" dual n-fets in METAL PACKAGEbulk output filtering: 7x 560uF 6.3V 10K FPCAPsbulk input filtering: 2x560uF 6.3V 10K FPCAPs (runs on 5V not 12V)

VDDR power losses500KHz 1.8Vout 5Vdrv mosfets only14A ~2.5W (25W)

Memory topology: T-top

Extra OC Features -----------------------------------------------------------PWR/RSTmemOK!LN2 modePOST codeCLR-cmosROG-connectvoltage readpoints