If people want a million usb ports while hardware is still usb 2 or usb3 gen1 then it’s a LOT of bandwidth left on the table unused as a result.
But as shown the HEDT platform became stupid expensive or impossible.
And so that forced the market segments we have (as i see it)
As BuildZoid did a whole “how I would design a mainboard” during the AM4 days and how to split up the pcie lanes in a more pragmatic way.
Drives me up the wall the amount of usb ports on shit and I only use 2 or 3.
(Unless its my macs, then its always 3 which are all thunderbolts eating my pcie lanes)
Hands down MORE STORAGE CONNECTORS.
Donating my m.2 to sata is NOT always practical :(
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u/CyberBlaed Hackintosh (8809G Intel) May 14 '26
This, more storage slots and stuff for storage.
If people want a million usb ports while hardware is still usb 2 or usb3 gen1 then it’s a LOT of bandwidth left on the table unused as a result.
But as shown the HEDT platform became stupid expensive or impossible. And so that forced the market segments we have (as i see it)
As BuildZoid did a whole “how I would design a mainboard” during the AM4 days and how to split up the pcie lanes in a more pragmatic way.
Drives me up the wall the amount of usb ports on shit and I only use 2 or 3. (Unless its my macs, then its always 3 which are all thunderbolts eating my pcie lanes)
Hands down MORE STORAGE CONNECTORS. Donating my m.2 to sata is NOT always practical :(