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submitted 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) by GamerBoy705@lemmy.world to c/hardwaregore@lemmy.world
 

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Cause: ripped out GPU

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[–] DannyBoy@sh.itjust.works 21 points 8 months ago (1 children)

That's one way to find out it's a x4 slot. I wonder why manufacturers dropped the open ended x4 slot that could still fit a full size card in.

[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 9 points 8 months ago

2 guesses:

It's cheaper to mass produce 1 type of slot vs 2.

Consumers look at the 4x and think they're getting cheated. 16x "looks" better.

[–] heydo@lemmy.world 10 points 8 months ago

That is NOT how you vertical mount.

[–] Hupf@feddit.de 7 points 8 months ago
[–] GustavoFring@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago

It will get much better airflow this way

[–] XTornado@lemmy.ml 3 points 8 months ago

Well... That's one way to get a new build.