Mainboard idea

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Right I've put this here because I wasn't sure where to put it but last night a I had a crazy idea regarding how mainboards are made.

Lot of custom builders these days want tidy, minimal cabling and I thought, what's stopping mainboard manufacturers putting connectors on the back of the mainboard, working with case manufacturers so the mainboard tray is mostly open.

I don't mean the CPU, RAM or PCI slots just connectors like 20pin, 12v ATX SATA etc. That way almost all of the cabling will be in the cable tray behind the mainboard.
 
With more cube style cases like the forthcoming Corsair Carbide 540 and the likes of the caselabs stuff this may be feasible but the way most tower cases are designed this isn't really a viable setup as far as I can tell. Decent idea though
 
With more cube style cases like the forthcoming Corsair Carbide 540 and the likes of the caselabs stuff this may be feasible but the way most tower cases are designed this isn't really a viable setup as far as I can tell. Decent idea though

Tower cases these days are increasingly coming with 2-3cm of space between the tray and the side panel, specifically to be used as cable tidy. If you had 90° plugs, like you can get with SATA cables then I don't see that you'd need to go to the extremes of a cube case like the Carbide 540.

As I mentioned it would take some co-operation between mainboard and case manufacturers but I still think that it's possible with a lot of today's case specs with the exception of the mainboard tray.

The only issue I could think of would be the differing mainboard sizes but maybe we could create different mounting brackets in a similar way to CPU heatsinks. Strap the board to it's corresponding bracket and then that bracket mounts to the tray area.
 
This would require some major co-operation between manufacturers to boot. The could be a good idea though!
 
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