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Why do we need additional power from the PSU?

almoststew1990

almoststew1990

almoststew1990

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PCIE slots can provide up to 75 watts of power so some cards do not need auxillary power direct from the PSU. With Intel's additiction to new sockets, how come they haven't incorporated say 70 watts into the socket, which would be plenty for standard non-K CPUs? Boards that have chipsets that don't allow overclocking could get rid of the CPU power plug whilst boards that do allow overclocking could keep it.

I've just thought of this as the CPU power cable is one of the ugliest /most annoying cables to organise!
 
Nah I mean the 8 pin CPU power cable. I've tried to thread it around the back of the case before but its never reached / fitted through the little hole in the top left of the case.
 
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