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I would love to see a rethinking of desktop hardware. GPU's are huge. They used to be dinky little add-on cards ... but at this point we almost need to have a d

I would love to see a rethinking of desktop hardware. GPU's are huge. They used to be dinky little add-on cards ... but at this point we almost need to have a dedicated mainboard for them. Imagine this - instead of a motherboard mounted to the back of the case, it is mounted in the center. Behind it would be another motherboard, with a socket for a GPU and ram slots for memory. Kinda like a right/left brain connected with a high-speed interconnect. You open the left side of the case to access CPU and its memory, you open the right side of the case to access the GPU and its memory. You would be able to upgrade your GPU chip independently of everything else. It wouldn't be mounted sideways in a PCI slot where additional brackets and support arms are needed. You could upgrade the RAM independently. Cooler, etc.

vizzier 3y ago
What you're describing is fairly close to Intel's Beast Canion NUC [0] from a couple of years back. The Mobo and GFX essentially sit back to back. Though intel seemed to envisage upgrading the whole "CPU side" as a single piece (including ram) which probably, along with its high price, put off buyers. Following on from that though, there are a number of miniitx cases that followed on from that type of layout such as the fractal terra [1] which utilize a pcie riser to pass it rearward to the graphics card behind the motherboard. ATX/ITX wasn't entirely designed for it, but the layout does seem to be quite elegant. [0] https://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/nuc-11-extreme-kit-beast-canyon https://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/nuc-11-extreme-kit-beas... [1] https://www.fractal-design.com/products/cases/terra/terra/terra-jade/ https://www.fractal-design.com/products/cases/terra/terra/te...