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Power wire-less motherboards pump 1,500W over 50-pin connector — BTF3.0 standard envisions zero cables between the motherboard, GPU, and power supply


One power connector to rule them all.

BTF designs seek to reduce cable clutter by putting connectors around the back and favoring direct cable-less connections between components. To match the motherboard, which was a prototype Z890 chipset model from Colorful, the DIY-APE team had an Asus graphics card like the TX Gaming RTX 4070 12G-BTF, with the firm’s neat GC-HPWR connector. With these three major components and equipping M.2 rather than SATA SSDs (there are four M.2 slots on the sample Mini ATX board pictured), all a PC DIYer should need to wire up are the CPU cooler, system fans, RGB cabling, and front panel connectors.

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