BattleRaT wrote:
I did a simple overclock to 4.4ghz and everything was stable and smooth as hell.

Does the overclock remain stable under stress? Maybe some Prime95?
Does it throttle more frequently under load (like, when you need it most in a heavy game)?

I always use and recommend using all mobo power inputs, they were put there for a reason. Even if it looks like the mobo runs well without using them.

jab383 wrote:
The REAL drawback is the low power rating of any PSU that has only one 8-pin motherboard cable. The R6A and the CPUs that run on it are power hogs with all their cores, whether overclocked a little, a lot, or not at all.

Agreed. Low-rated and low-quality and low-priced PSUs are just not good enough for a costly "elite-tier" motherboard (with costly processor and memory, etc).

Why go with a borderline and carefully calculated "proper-rated" PSU (with carefully calculated power factors and other corrections or margins), just go overkill with a blatantly over-rated PSU. Better stability, better reliability, better performance. Even runs a little cooler, a little quieter. It assures best possible longevity of the motherboard/etc, while a merely "adequate" PSU will often de-rate more rapidly over the years and contribute to permanent motherboard/processor/memory failures. Expensive hardware, it's worth spending a little extra to buy yourself some "insurance" where it's needed most. (It's worth spending even more buying a backup UPS unit, but sadly nobody listens these days, lol).

Some of the extreme LN2 processor overclocks pull ~850W or ~1000W. Even chopping these values down to one-half (~500W) or one-third (~333W) for "normal" overclocks is instructive. Need to use those power pins. And need a robust PSU, otherwise what's left to power your GPU card(s) and everything else in the system when the CPU draws 500W?

OK guys, message received! time to upgrade my PSU 😉

Now... just going more in deep and for the sake of having an interesting and detailed conversation: It looks one 4+4 CPU/EPS cable should be enough to provide about 270W to the CPU without having issues with the PSU, Cables or MOBO. I was checking a very good video at gamernexus channel and it looks the VRM should pull like 250W at 4.4ghz with Skylake-X, check here:



So, despite the fact the proper way to go here is to connect all CPU cables the MOBO could have (2x 4+4pin)... Do we agree one should be "enough" for mild olverclock such as 4.4ghz for a 7900x ?