MSI Project Zero B650M & Pano M100R PZ

Cables begone! A glimpse into the (almost) cable-less future of the desktop PC.

Chris Szewczyk

PRICE $349 (motherboard); $149 (case) WEB www.msi.com Cables. You can’t live with them and you can’t yet live without them. Or can you? If you can’t see them, do they really exist? Deep philosophical questions aside, the humble PC has come a long way over the decades. The fundamentals of a 1990’s ATX PC are easily recognisable today. Still, despite the massive advances in performance over the years, you still need to plug power cables in, and connect the motherboard to your case’s USB, audio and fans. Some well thought out cable ties and sleeving doesn’t negate the fact that PC cables are still there, staring you in the face. Enter MSI’s Project Zero. Its claim to fame is that it relocates all of those unsightly headers and connectors to…

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APC (Digital) - 1 Issue, May 2024

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