NZXT N7 Z690 Motherboard Review
Brandon Dodman / 3 years ago
VRM Overview
The N7 uses 12 phases for the Vcore and an additional phase for the iGPU. These will use either Vishay 50 amp MOSFETs or ON 55 amp MOSFETs of which it’s a luck of the draw type of situation, due to the way motherboard manufacturing works and how there are component shortages, there is no guarantee that you will get one set over the other. There is also a single additional MOSFET used for the VCCSA which is controlled by a single phase controller from ON. We also see yet another single additional phase, this time being used for high-speed IO (In/Out) communication.
Finally, we can see in the image that the capacitors are made by Nichicon and are high quality polymer black capacitors.
No matter what MOSFETS you get, they will be controlled by an ON PWM controller that we have previously seen on Gigabyte boards, so they are clearly tried and true.
The VRM cooler is completely passive and features no heatpipes and is simply two solid pieces of metal that dissipate the heat from the VRMs being transferred to them through the thermal pads.
