They were needed originally, but they were an necessary margin as they weren't needed to power the device to spec? I'm not pushing anything under the rug.

Dude i'm not a software engineer, I have not designed the hardware. I personally haven't hashed a machine fully before .95. You can follow the link in my sig and see my hashing as i've played with rigs.

I have seen so many revisions of software and hardware, including a hell of a lot that won't be seeing the light of day in public. So I do not have the intimate knowledge of each particular revision like yourself who has had longer to play on each, or the software engineers that have written and redesigned the firmware, or those making the hardware decisions. You are expecting me to be an expert on others decisions. The hardware i'm playing with next to me doesn't have 8 vrms. I personally haven't played with those. I've remove, tested, and replaced some when working through some RMAs, sure.

Honestly most of this has been a insomniac, food deprived, stressful emotional blur moving at light speed for me. Right now I'm staring at a screen exhausted at almost 10pm on a Friday night having Q's I do not know the technical nitty gritty to fired at me. I was in meetings at 9am. I'm taking the time to answer you out of free will, not so I can spin a web of deceit. That's not som flaky BS, but no one is using 8 VRMS currently to obtain spec with current firmware. They are not necessary.