Wednesday, May 31st 2023
MSI Demos Project Zero Inverted Cabling Motherboard
MSI in its Computex 2023 booth demonstrated its inverted cabling motherboard concept dubbed "Project Zero." The idea behind this is that all the connectors and headers of the motherboard are located on the reverse side of the PCB, and compatible cases have cutouts at just the right places, so all the cabling—including power—is routed to the motherboard in the crawl-space behind the motherboard tray. No cable is visible on the obverse side of the case (with notable exceptions being the CPU cooler cables, and the power cables of your graphics card). The prototype motherboard MSI showed off has Socket AM5, and is based on the AMD B650 chipset. The demo build reveals that it's preferable to have individually stranded EPS and 24-pin ATX cables, versus sleeved/braided ones that are tougher to bend and route.
12 Comments on MSI Demos Project Zero Inverted Cabling Motherboard
maybe if other brands starts adopting the idea could result in shorter length of cables for a tidier desktop
im terrible at cable managing
It gives off a particular aesthetic if done right (like the 24 pin, and PCIE cable)
I always start thinking that I will do something clean. But then the lust kicks in and I want to boot the faster than I can and i do the less that I can.
'Project Zero' - you can't see anything except the box :)
Wait...