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Why aren’t motherboards mostly USB-C by now?::I’m beginning to think that the Windows PC that I built in 2015 is ready for retirement (though if Joe Biden can be president at 78, maybe this PC can last until 2029?). In looking at new des…

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[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (8 children)

Btw, why is full ATX / full-size PC still that common, mATX / ITX almost rare? Only techy users or gamers add maybe a 4x ethernet card or a GPU and that's it; one PCIex16 slot would suffice. Better sound cards, wifi etc, are now almost always USB/-C or Bluetooth, if not already on the board.

Why is the time of slim-size desktop PCs still not there?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (2 children)

You can't fit as many components on smaller boards and the components are more expensive to produce.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

And if you're spending all that money, why not get the bigger board that allows you more options/room to grow in the future? I imagine SFF PCs are more common for dedicated builds or aesthetic reasons

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