MSI and Maxsun prepare motherboards according to the ASUS DIY-APE standard – with connectors on the back
Last year, ASUS introduced DIY-APE Revolution motherboards, the main feature of which is that many connectors are moved to the back. It seems that ASUS has made its standard open to other manufacturers, as DIY-APE type motherboards have been released by MSI and Maxsun.
The unboxing of the DIY-APE motherboard called Maxsun H610 King was demonstrated by one of the Chinese bloggers. The mentioned board is made in an unusual form factor, which the manufacturer calls YTX. Visually, its dimensions correspond to half the size of a standard ATX format board. In fact, the H610 King has dimensions of 245×175 mm, so it is closest to the Mini-DTX form factor (203×170 mm).
The H610 King is equipped with the H610 chipset, which supports 13th and 12th generation Intel Core processors with a maximum TDP of 130W. At the same time, almost all connectors, including a 24-pin power connector, an 8-pin EPS connector, SATA ports and other interfaces are located on the back of the board. On the front side, you can see the connector for connecting the cooling system, slots for DDR4 RAM, PCIe slot, etc.
On another YouTube channel, a video of the unboxing of the MSI B650M APE Wi-Fi motherboard, which supports AMD Ryzen 7000 processors, appeared. The appearance of a DIY-APE motherboard from MSI seems a bit strange, since the company has its own Project Zero project, in which development of similar solutions. There is no MSI logo on the product. Unlike the Maxsun motherboard, the new product from MSI belongs to the microATX form factor. It has four slots for DDR5 RAM, PCIe 4.0 and PCIe 3.0 slots, etc. As you would expect, many of the connectors on the B650M APE Wi-Fi are located on the back.
