DIY-APE has reached an important milestone in developing the back-plug ecosystem for PC DIYers. BTF3.0 (via Uniko's Hardware) is designed so that no cabling is needed between your PSU, motherboard, or graphics card, reducing cable management for supremely clean builds. The DIY-APE team shared some information and video footage of the various new components working together and separately on Chinese social media.
As a gentle reminder, DIY-APE’s BTF designs have previously been adopted by important PC component makers like Asus and MSI. BTF designs seek to reduce cable clutter by putting connectors around the back and favoring direct cable-less connections between components. We’ve seen some great examples of previous BTF builds at trade shows, but it is taking time to penetrate the market. Hopefully, with some upcoming generation of new processors/platforms, BTF will become mainstream.
