QVL has up to 105w listed…
The 3700x is rated for 65w… so no problem
Id only want up to a 3700, since I dont over clock and could save $20-40 (guessing)
it says it can, but I dont think I would. At least not with extended heavy loads.
challenge accepted
I bet the heatsink below the socket has more VRM stuff. It looks like the entire top half of the motherboard was rotated 90 degrees counter clockwise. Even the 24-pin looks like it’s at the top of the board instead of the right side.
You’re right, Thats gotta be the RAM VRM and maybe SOC.
I bet its 3 phase under that other heatsink.
Ok so maybe its 4 + 1 possibly? or 3+2
ram vrm is off to the side not visible in your pictures. Either way that should be enough power stage to not cook the thing with a 3950x in it. It certainly wont boost to the moon, but it will hold.
ASRock is fond of the 3+2 layout, so I’d guess that is what they are using again.
Either way, a three or higher phase design should be fine for even 105W CPUs without an OC in my opinion.
Yeah 3 is fine
Lot of blue lights for a Team Red build 
Otherwise, 10/10
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I couldnt immediately tell that was a choke from the side profile.
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you want to know how old that blue LED fan is…
it came in an Antec 300 case (that I bought back in 2010)
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Some Parts Never Die™
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“What is dead may never die!”
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The next weekend that grandparents keep my little one… Will likely be my proxmox upgrade date.
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Would you be so kind and notifiy ASRock Rack’s BIOS development team about that?
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It’s a 3+2 likely yup, i think that i see two driver chips.
One at the Soc rail and one for the Vcore rail.
Controller likely an Intersil.
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