ASUS X99-DELUXE Motherboard

Voltage Regulator

The CPU voltage regulator circuit of the ASUS X99-DELUXE has eight phases for the CPU. The voltage regulator is controlled by an ASUS DIGI+ ASP1257 chip, using a digital design. Each phase is controlled by one IR3550M integrated circuit.

ASUS X99-DELUXEFigure 11: Voltage regulator circuit

The ASUS X99-DELUXE uses solid electrolytic capacitors with a 5,000-hour life-span, twice the amount presented by regular solid capacitors. All coils on this motherboard are ferrite-core models, which can provide up to 20% improvement in efficiency.

If you want to learn more about the voltage regulator circuit, please read our tutorial on the subject.

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