I have a mini-itx system that I managed to build right at the moment RAM jumped 50% in price.
The problem isn’t the size of the board. The problem is the ITX orientation of all the components forces PC to be much larger and a bit more complicated than they have to be to build.
I think if engineers were given this problem to solve while allowing for modularity and upgradeability would definitely come up with something much better than what we have.
Edit - for example, both the motherboard and the GPU need a ton of power. Why not have a standard where they both slot into the power supply? Why not have a PCIe pass through built into the power supply so that both large boards sit back to back instead of perpendicular?
It’s just an idea but I was thinking of that while routing cables on my last PC build.
What about mini-ITX?
I have a mini-itx system that I managed to build right at the moment RAM jumped 50% in price.
The problem isn’t the size of the board. The problem is the ITX orientation of all the components forces PC to be much larger and a bit more complicated than they have to be to build.
I think if engineers were given this problem to solve while allowing for modularity and upgradeability would definitely come up with something much better than what we have.
Edit - for example, both the motherboard and the GPU need a ton of power. Why not have a standard where they both slot into the power supply? Why not have a PCIe pass through built into the power supply so that both large boards sit back to back instead of perpendicular?
It’s just an idea but I was thinking of that while routing cables on my last PC build.