Tuesday, March 14th 2023
MSI Also Working on Motherboard With Connectors on the Reverse Side
After Gigabyte and ASUS, it appears that MSI is also working on a similar motherboard concept that puts most, if not all, connectors on the reverse side of the motherboard. MSI will be joining Gigabyte, ASUS and MaxSun with such concept, as MSI B650 DIY-APE motherboard has been now spotted online. In order to optimize cable management, the idea is that most, if not all connectors are located on the reverse side of the motherboard, allowing users to hide power, fan, storage, and peripherals cables behind the motherboard.
According to the latest leak, MSI is apparently working on two motherboards based on AMD B650 chipset that have entered a qualification state. While it means that these are still far away from being a retail product, it is certainly an interesting concept that we are looking forward to. Of course, this also means that one would need a compatible PC case, that has strategically placed cutouts in order to access those connectors. The original post has some of those cases pictured. In addition to ASUS, MaxSun, and now MSI, Gigabyte also had a similar concept with Project Stealth.
Sources:
Bilibili, via Videocardz
According to the latest leak, MSI is apparently working on two motherboards based on AMD B650 chipset that have entered a qualification state. While it means that these are still far away from being a retail product, it is certainly an interesting concept that we are looking forward to. Of course, this also means that one would need a compatible PC case, that has strategically placed cutouts in order to access those connectors. The original post has some of those cases pictured. In addition to ASUS, MaxSun, and now MSI, Gigabyte also had a similar concept with Project Stealth.
29 Comments on MSI Also Working on Motherboard With Connectors on the Reverse Side
Good idea and maybe this will push case vendors to innovate if it catches on.
i hope they continue with the current layout for a long time
The one major complaint of modern motherboards is the lack of extra space for vendors to put specialty functions in place without giving something up. So this solves that by putting everything on the back that isn't a M.2.
There's no real advantage to this other than a slight visual improvement, and a bunch of real disadvantages like lack of case compatibility and higher cost of manufacture (that we'll definetily pay for twice over)
Well, here's a thought: how about making the mobo thick enough to cover those pins/traces etc, and use that space to add another m.2 slot or something else useful :)
Yea this would require a little bit of engineering effort, and of course, increase mobo prices somewhat, but it would still offer an improvement over existing designs...
I see it's uses but this better be cheap or cheaper than exiting designs, otherwise I'll just keep on buying oversized boards/cases instead :shadedshu:
patents.google.com/patent/US20120287569A1/en
Now MSI joins ranks of Shitsus in being a IP Thief.
The mullet of motherboards,…
Business in the front and party in the back!!!
I’ve been kind of wishing they would do this with video card power connectors for a while now. That is to say, put the connectors on the same side as the PCIe connector or at least at the end of the card closest to the side of the PCIe connector. For vertical mount video cards it would be much easier to hide the cables.
As it stands now, there is little to no way to hide the power cables jutting out of the side of video cards.
That specific implimintation and design might be patented, but you can't have a blanket patent on having connectors in a different place.
I remember there was a famous guy that made custom pcs that i think eventually went out of business that had a different idea, instead of hiding the cables he advocated for making them look good.
Or, I don't know, you could also just use a solid side panel?!That's the US patent system in a nutshell, allow anything to become a pattent no matter how ridiculously obvious
Mobo companies are clearly putting the cart before the horse here - they need to start by working with Intel on perhaps developing an ATX v2 or completely new standard altogether that case manufacturers case adopt ir order to avoid the problem that exists now with these motherboards - the majority of cases are incompatible with these boards due to there being not enough clearance in the back and proper cutouts.
Hmnn next rig could get different, perhaps.Except it, in this case is more party in the front business in the back.
Your not gaming on the PSU, it's the business end, the usual CPU hsf side makes the party happen, purely technical wording chosen.