Gigabyte Z790 Aorus Elite PCB Breakdown notes (Patreon)
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VcoreOnSemi NCP81530 8phase16x OnSemi FDMF5062 70A SPSbulk input filtering: 6x Nichicon FP 270uF 16V 10K@105°Cbulk output filtering: 10x Nichicon FP 560uF 6.3V 10K@105°C + 1x 330uF POSCAP in socket400nH inductors (effectively 200nH per phase)1.2V 600KHzSPS and chokes200A 16W300A 26W400A 38W500A 51W// the power plane near the CPU socket can reach over 100°C without airflow in sustained overclocked 100% loads with a 13900K due to the 6 layer PCB. The VRM actually runs cooler than the power plane in this scenario and settles at around 95°C in a 21C room. With anything less than a 13900K this is not a concern.
voltage regulation and LLC:optimal LLC is low or medium
iGPUNCP81530 1phaseNCP302155 50A DrMOS
VCCIN AUX MP2940 2phaseNCP303160 60A SPS
memory:6 layer daisy chain // QVLed to 7600 but I'd stick to 7200 or less
wifi 6Emulti key // can be configure to function as safeboot and has front panel headerCLRCMOSQflash PlusPOST LEDS4x 4.0 M.2 //1CPU, 3PCH shared bandwidth // 3xM.2+6xSATA or 4xM.2+4xSATACPU PCI-e: 1x G5x16 PCH PCI-e: 1x G4x4 and 1x G3x4