As others have said - the issue is most likely to arise when you sell the house.
My 2 cents are - you went through the trouble of putting in 4 screw pilings - why cut corners on the beam? 2x8's are cheap.
Best would be to re-build the beam as a 3 ply properly spliced, or even consider adding a 3rd ply to the existing beam for your own piece of mind, if nothing else.
It won't take that long to take apart and reassemble in the greater scheme of things.
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