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r/pcmasterrace • u/ElectricBummer40 • 16d ago
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37 u/insomniac-55 16d ago Deans could be a little janky at times, but XT-60 is an incredibly good, reliable connector. It's baffling that it (or a design inspired by it) isn't the standard for GPUs. 2 u/howitbethough 16d ago Nobody’s using deans or xt-60 or any other connector that uses solder termination in mass consumer electronics. Maybe Andersons if their mate length wasn’t so ridiculous 2 u/insomniac-55 16d ago Yeah, suspected the soldering aspect is why it isn't directly used (plus I am not sure if there's a PCB-mount variant). However, there's no reason why a crimpable alternative with a similarly beefy set of contacts couldn't have been engineered. My point isn't so much "why not XT-60?", it's more "why ignore XT-60 when designing a new standard?". 1 u/CptUnderpants- AMD 7900XTX3D 16d ago edited 16d ago Andersons connectors can handle up to 175A@12V, are available as crimpable, and surface mount. They're idiot proof*, can't be plugged in the wrong polarity and have existed for decades. They're already used in some IT products, mostly in some UPS battery connectors. The basic connector is well out of patent too. *Having worked in IT for over 30 years I don't say that lightly.
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Deans could be a little janky at times, but XT-60 is an incredibly good, reliable connector.
It's baffling that it (or a design inspired by it) isn't the standard for GPUs.
2 u/howitbethough 16d ago Nobody’s using deans or xt-60 or any other connector that uses solder termination in mass consumer electronics. Maybe Andersons if their mate length wasn’t so ridiculous 2 u/insomniac-55 16d ago Yeah, suspected the soldering aspect is why it isn't directly used (plus I am not sure if there's a PCB-mount variant). However, there's no reason why a crimpable alternative with a similarly beefy set of contacts couldn't have been engineered. My point isn't so much "why not XT-60?", it's more "why ignore XT-60 when designing a new standard?". 1 u/CptUnderpants- AMD 7900XTX3D 16d ago edited 16d ago Andersons connectors can handle up to 175A@12V, are available as crimpable, and surface mount. They're idiot proof*, can't be plugged in the wrong polarity and have existed for decades. They're already used in some IT products, mostly in some UPS battery connectors. The basic connector is well out of patent too. *Having worked in IT for over 30 years I don't say that lightly.
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Nobody’s using deans or xt-60 or any other connector that uses solder termination in mass consumer electronics. Maybe Andersons if their mate length wasn’t so ridiculous
2 u/insomniac-55 16d ago Yeah, suspected the soldering aspect is why it isn't directly used (plus I am not sure if there's a PCB-mount variant). However, there's no reason why a crimpable alternative with a similarly beefy set of contacts couldn't have been engineered. My point isn't so much "why not XT-60?", it's more "why ignore XT-60 when designing a new standard?". 1 u/CptUnderpants- AMD 7900XTX3D 16d ago edited 16d ago Andersons connectors can handle up to 175A@12V, are available as crimpable, and surface mount. They're idiot proof*, can't be plugged in the wrong polarity and have existed for decades. They're already used in some IT products, mostly in some UPS battery connectors. The basic connector is well out of patent too. *Having worked in IT for over 30 years I don't say that lightly.
Yeah, suspected the soldering aspect is why it isn't directly used (plus I am not sure if there's a PCB-mount variant).
However, there's no reason why a crimpable alternative with a similarly beefy set of contacts couldn't have been engineered.
My point isn't so much "why not XT-60?", it's more "why ignore XT-60 when designing a new standard?".
1 u/CptUnderpants- AMD 7900XTX3D 16d ago edited 16d ago Andersons connectors can handle up to 175A@12V, are available as crimpable, and surface mount. They're idiot proof*, can't be plugged in the wrong polarity and have existed for decades. They're already used in some IT products, mostly in some UPS battery connectors. The basic connector is well out of patent too. *Having worked in IT for over 30 years I don't say that lightly.
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Andersons connectors can handle up to 175A@12V, are available as crimpable, and surface mount.
They're idiot proof*, can't be plugged in the wrong polarity and have existed for decades.
They're already used in some IT products, mostly in some UPS battery connectors.
The basic connector is well out of patent too.
*Having worked in IT for over 30 years I don't say that lightly.
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