DisplayPort cable - Locking or Non-Locking?
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I hate any kind of locking cable. It’s difficult enough to get to the cables on my system without throwing a lock into the mix that will increase the risk of me damaging the port.
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Non locking all day. Never had an issue with HDMI so why does my DisplayPort need to lock! 
Can't even remember ever tightening more than 1 screw on a VGA or DVI cable out of pure laziness
Can't even remember ever tightening more than 1 screw on a VGA or DVI cable out of pure laziness
Soldato
non locking please. it's not as if the cable is likely to just fall out.
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Non locking are a less likely to break or break the port on gpu or monitor.
Locking. Loose cables are the cause of many problems, especially for high-speed connections like DP. A lot of DP cables have locking mechanisms that are really hard to press though, and it's not easy to tell which are the good ones without having them in-hand.
I've got a DVI to DP adapter somewhere and it's absolutely ridiculous how hard you have to press to get it out of the socket.
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Would screws that break off and one way PCI-E socket be a good idea? Once you fit PCI-E GPU you can't remove it. Plus GPU CPU BIOS once it reaches 5000 hours of playtime, it wipes itself sending 100v into the core. You then have to buy a new motherboard, CPU, and GPU
I might suggest that
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Non locking, just reminds me of the VGA screws haha.
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extra fun when the hex bolts come out of the backplate
At least those were easy to feel, unlike some low profile locking tab you might have to press quite hard.