They're doing it because it allows them to sell 'workstation' motherboards that do have decent slot spacing at ridiculous prices. I had to resort to a mining r

They're doing it because it allows them to sell 'workstation' motherboards that do have decent slot spacing at ridiculous prices. I had to resort to a mining rig style setup with 16 lane extenders to be able to properly utilize all the slots after running into the same issue.