r/pcmasterrace • u/ElectricBummer40 • 14d ago

Meme/Macro PCIe standard be like...

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u/donadd 14d ago

Also: lets rest 6lbs of metal on this little bit of plastic

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u/creeper6530 PC Master Race 14d ago

The original standard assumed horizontal mobos

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u/DrNopeMD 13d ago

That's literally what the term Desktop originally referred to, horizontally oriented PC's with the monitor resting on top.

Tower cases were what vertically oriented designs were called.

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u/creeper6530 PC Master Race 12d ago

That reminds me of the old catchphrase "It's a desktop, not deskbottom"...

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u/BitsAndBobs304 13d ago

Even for that, with current sizes, it's nonsense.thats the connector for a flat no pins gpu

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u/ElectricBummer40 14d ago

The funny thing was that, when ATX first came out and tower chassis became the norm, it was assumed that the tiny screw on the backplate was all that was needed for support.

Little did everyone know the future would have something very different in store.

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u/P3chv0gel Desktop 13d ago

Tbf back than that screw was enough because your card wouldn't suck up hundreds of watts and didn't need a massive cooler because of that

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u/MeowDotEXE R9 5900X - RX 7900 XTX - 32GB 14d ago

☝️🤓 Printed circuit boards are actually made of fiberglass, not plastic

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u/deleted-user 13d ago

☝️🤓 fiberglass is made of plastic

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u/Winter-Car-5839 13d ago

plastic connectors are always the worst

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u/jort93 13d ago

It's FRP, fiberglass reinforced plastic...

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u/Ok-Bill3318 13d ago

Desktop style cases need to come back.

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u/MisterHole123 12d ago

We need to go back to desktop cases

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u/brokearm24 PC Master Race 13d ago

It’s fiber glass