Motherboards with rear-facing connectors are all the rage at Computex 2023. We've seen new rear-connector boards from both MSI and Asus and one of Asus's boards even had a special slot for transferring power to an RTX 4070 card without a running a power cable into the visible area of the case.
Cable management is a huge hassle and, no matter what you do with a standard motherboard and case, you end up with the motherboard and GPU power cables obstructing your view of your beautiful RGB motherboard, RAM and cooler. To use a rear-connected motherboard, you need a case that has the right mounts and holes so you can run those power cables behind the board on the rear of your case (which is usually hidden).
