ken-Intel& abcanw you might be interested by the latest reply from Gigabyte.
So I made a mistake in saying in my last question to them that the GA Z97X Gaming 7 will work at 110W/105A settings when asking why the GA Z97MX Gaming 5 would not. My fault for misinterpreting the statement that the former mobo doesnt need the 160W restriction.
Gigabyte wrote:
Dear Customer, We have tried GA-Z97X-Gaming 7 and set 110W 105A as yours, the result is the same, the ratio also drop with 110W 105A and we already confirm it's not relate to phase VRM.
Their bold not mine, so this implies they are working on it and I am grateful for the clarification which is very interesting.
They appear to be disagreeing with my previous mistaken assumption that the 110W / 105A slider settings work on the GA Z97X Gaming 7. On the other hand they are saying they have tested it and it won't run at those settings without throttling the ratio / clock. However they are clearly stating (and it makes sense given that the problem exists on both mobos), that it is not related to the 4 phase VRM on the Gaming 5.
So my question is whether we can absolutely confirm that other mobo models from different brands do run with the 110W/105A settings.