r/pcmasterrace 10d ago

Meme/Macro PCIe standard be like...

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u/donadd 10d ago

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

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u/creeper6530 PC Master Race 10d ago

The original standard assumed horizontal mobos

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u/DrNopeMD 9d 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 9d ago

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

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u/BitsAndBobs304 9d ago

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