MSI Z790i EDGE PCB Breakdown notes (Patreon)

8pin EPS connector filtering2x 270uF 16V NipponChemiCon 10K polymers3x 100uF 16V NipponChemiCon 10K polymers

Vcore powerRENESAS RAA229131 10phase 10x RENESAS RAA2210540 105A SPSoutput filtering5x 560uF NipponChemiCon 10K polymers5x 470uF SMD polymers Panasonic SPCAPs?220nH inductors

Expected VRM heat loss @ 1.2V 500KHz SPS + chokes200A ~15W300A ~27W400A ~45W500A ~68Wruns hot without extra airflow due the high thermal density

Loadline Saturation + mode8 LLC delivers best voltage regulation performance

iGPU powerRENESAS RAA229131 +1phase RENESAS RAA220075 75A SPS

VCCIN AUX powerMP2940 1phaseMP8767 ??A SPS

PCB Layer count: 12

Memory Topology: 1DPCCan easily run benchmarks like Geekbench 3 at DDR5-8200+ with Hynix 16Gb A-dieIn terms of actually stable memory clocks the board starts having major issues above 7600. Overall pretty similar to the Z790 DARK.

intel wifi 6ECLRCMOSPOST LEDS3x M.2PCI-e G5x16

thanks to my supporters for funding the purchase of this motherboard.