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   Zorin =^o.o^= (zorinlynx@tiggi.es)'s status on Monday, 24-Jul-2023 22:40:38 JST Zorin =^o.o^=

   WHY ARE THERE SO MANY STANDARDS FOR THE SAME THING.

   And yes I've read the relevant XKCD.

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     feld (feld@bikeshed.party)'s status on Monday, 24-Jul-2023 22:40:37 JST feld

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     the power will finally come from the PCIE slot soon, anyway...
     
     https://www.pcworld.com/article/1936904/asus-made-a-graphics-card-with-no-power-cables.html
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     Zorin =^o.o^= (zorinlynx@tiggi.es)'s status on Monday, 24-Jul-2023 22:47:28 JST Zorin =^o.o^=

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     • feld

     @feld Oh gods no another standard.

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     feld (feld@bikeshed.party)'s status on Monday, 24-Jul-2023 22:47:28 JST feld

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     I hope you're prepared for a major sea change
     
     ATX12VO is on its way too, so power supplies will only have 12V rails and the motherboards must step down the 5V and 3V itself
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     feld (feld@bikeshed.party)'s status on Monday, 24-Jul-2023 22:50:56 JST feld

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     agreed, we should have done it a long time ago. Just annoying that we waited so long and for the industry to grow so big first
     
     
     I'm looking forward to building machines with much better airflow as a result...
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     Zorin =^o.o^= (zorinlynx@tiggi.es)'s status on Monday, 24-Jul-2023 22:50:58 JST Zorin =^o.o^=

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     • feld

     @feld in a way this makes sense. DC to DC conversion is so efficient and compact now, putting it on the board where power is needed is sensible.

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     feld (feld@bikeshed.party)'s status on Monday, 24-Jul-2023 23:08:07 JST feld

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     • Delta Wye
     Buck converters are pretty reliable I thought, but there seems to be other options
     
     https://www.ti.com/lit/pdf/snva604
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     Delta Wye (deltawye@mstdn.social)'s status on Monday, 24-Jul-2023 23:08:08 JST Delta Wye

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     • feld

     @feld @zorinlynx I wonder if this could be a problem since we’re moving a point of hardware failure from the PSU to the motherboard… but on the other hand there’s still a lot of other things that could potentially fail on the motherboard…