Re:I rage-converted my RTX4090 into an eGPU
by tiberious726 on Friday June 07, 2024 @04:20PM
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Why is this worse? Voltage step downs are cheap and not too hot in this day and age. I'm all for simplifying power distribution in my systems
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Not to mention that most of the power provided by modern PSUs come from the 12V rails. The 3.3 and 5V rails are almost vestigial at this point, no hardware actually runs directly at those voltages, so removing them would not have any negative effect.
Re:I rage-converted my RTX4090 into an eGPU
by sebazzz on Saturday June 08, 2024 @04:04AM
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Because it moves complex circuity to an already very complex and expensive PCB, making it even more expensive. A power supply is likely to outlast multiple (re)builds of a desktop computer; a motherboard is likely not - especially not Intel motherboards.