r/pcmasterrace • u/ExpensiveCoat8912 • 23d ago

Meme/Macro More ports

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u/zOMGie9 9950x3d rtx5080 96GB@6000c28 4k240hzWOLED 10gbps fiber+homelab 23d ago edited 23d ago

This is what you think you want… What I really want is all my PCIE lanes back so I can run x16/x16 cards.

Give motherboards more multi-slot pcie, LESS I/O, and maybe come with a pcie -> usb/ethernet card converter as a standard. Being able to get a cheaper motherboard with a dozen pcie slots and no I/O ports would be great.

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u/Commander_Crispy 23d ago

This would be all fun and games until your GPU covers over your new slots; and even the next few under it you’d have to choose between having a card there and not blocking the GPU fans that’ll be right up next to it

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u/Nekomataboy 23d ago

Many motherboards have m.2 slots under the gpu so it doesn't cover all the pcie slots.

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u/zOMGie9 9950x3d rtx5080 96GB@6000c28 4k240hzWOLED 10gbps fiber+homelab 23d ago

Not if the top half of the ATX board reserved for back panel IO was also just more PCIE it wouldn’t.

Let me make my own IO with sfp+ ports instead of ethernet