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RE: not bad
By Amiga128 on 4/27/2009 8:26:42 PM , Rating: 2
I was thinking about the same thing but also for CPU's.

Take an nVidia Ion PC remove the sound, add ddr2/ddr3 memory stick and put it in a box the same size as a DVD drive that fits in the 5.25 drive bay at the front, and add a ePCIe to connect to the motherboard.

Adding an extra CPU would be just like adding a DVD drive. Pop into bay, connect power and ePCIe and you now have an extra CPU. The ram on card can be used as cache if needed. The CPU can be any chip you want from Intel, AMD, Cell etc.

The same can be used for graphics but 5.25 drive bays would be at the back when the PCI/PCI Express expansion slot go.

The main changes would be PCI express should be optical fibre and all power comes from the power supply as the amount of space taken up by PCI express is getting too big. Adding a graphics card should be just as easy as adding a DVD drive, with the connector only taking up a small space on the motherboard. Motherboards would be cheaper and smaller as most of the power for the devices will come from the power supply not the motherboard.

I would also have an optical connection from the power supply to the motherboard so you can monitor how much power is being used by the power supply for all the devices.

RE: not bad
By Jacerie on 4/28/2009 1:41:11 AM , Rating: 3
the last thing we need is more cables hangin out of a PSU. the modular PSUs are nice, but there is only so much cable management you can do.
the ideal solution would be to simply have one cable from the PSU to the mobo and all power to cards and drives redirected through the mobo, but i doubt it's feasible with the power draw of some devices.

RE: not bad
By Amiga128 on 4/28/2009 5:46:46 PM , Rating: 2
The only change would be PCI express.

Some cards already have 2 PCI express power connectors anyway.

If all cards got there power from the PSU then all cards would only have 1 PCI express connector from the PSU instead of 1 from the motherboard and 1/2 from the PSU.

