This is an interesting thought and a different perspective on the situation. I was thinking something of that kind, that, instead of being able to rely on very

This is an interesting thought and a different perspective on the situation. I was thinking something of that kind, that, instead of being able to rely on very high quality components and very high expertise for power supply design being centralized in the PSU, everyone else (motherboard / graphics card / harddrive ) manufactures must now become able to design, and willing to implement, high-efficiency, high-quality power-regulation circuitry in their own products. This also affects the price of those components, while it probably does not make the PSU i get to buy in a webshop any cheaper. From an engineering viewpoint, it probably does make sense, especially for the lower voltages, as less copper may be required.