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Bulkiness is my main complaint, they can be a real nuisance in small form factor cases.
by wlesieutre 7y ago
Bulkiness is my main complaint, they can be a real nuisance in small form factor cases.
- usrusr 7y agoAnd some recent examples are a terrible fit, I remember them aligning much smoother. A clear sign that manufacturers consider them second class. And nobody will complain, because it just strengthens the pre-existing assumption that the new plugs are better.
- willis936 7y agoIndustrial design demands this. A replacement connector should be difficult to remove and use sufficiently thick cables. Because of the requirements there is little room for improvement and thus we have used the same connectors for 30 years.
- wlesieutre 7y agoThe molex 2.36mm pins can apparently carry 8.5A, which at 12V gives you about 100W. That’s useful for some power hungry components, but I wish there were a smaller alternate 4-pin power cable standard that I could use to route power around to things like fans and SATA SSDs. Something in between the giant molex connectors and a 3-pin fan connector.