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Force to insert it isn't what I'm worried about, it's snapping it off with perpendicular force. Double height GPUs are heavy and most of that's supported by han
by wlesieutre 9y ago
Force to insert it isn't what I'm worried about, it's snapping it off with perpendicular force. Double height GPUs are heavy and most of that's supported by hanging off the socket.
- astrodust 9y agoAny heavy-weight CPU would have 4 or 8 sockets holding it up, so that shouldn't be an issue. If all that weight was hinging on one socket an accommodation to have some kind of flange wouldn't be too hard to incorporate.
- wlesieutre 9y agoTrue, you could still run the PCB footprint out to the edge and have a support socket on the motherboard to grab it. Then we could eliminate the cost of the USB components by building contacts into the support socket that connect to pads on the PCB! I dunno, ease of inserting and removal just isn't on my list of desires for a GPU. I install one maybe every 2 years, and I don't want to worry about it falling out and smashing around inside my case if I pick up my computer or something. Whatever mounting shenanigans are necessary to lock it in place with weaker connectors feels like a solution looking for a problem. The somewhat high force of PCIe slots is a feature, not a bug.