Threading cables to and from the facility provide to the motherboard and different elements has been a headache for PC builders for many years. But what would occur for those who might simply tuck them out of the way in which? That’s MSI’s Project Zero, designed for AMD Ryzen builds, that MSI confirmed off at Computex.

Project Zero places the cables on the again of the case, plumbing by way of the connectors to the underside of the motherboard the place a skinny hole permits the cables to snake by way of with out impeding airflow. That’s the important thing. While a largely cable-less central chamber could look recent and clear (and it does!) the thought is to get rid of any obstacles to that candy, candy cool air because it flows contained in the chassis.

Of course, you’ll want a motherboard that accommodates this, and that’s the opposite piece of the puzzle: a microATX Project Zero board that MSI plans, too. For now, the board is constructed round a B650, AMD’s mainstream chipset for the AM5 socket utilized by the Ryzen 7000 sequence. We don’t have pricing for this but, however we all know that it’s going to ship someday within the second half of the 12 months.

For those that is perhaps considering, hey, this feels form of acquainted — properly, you’re proper. Gigabyte and Aorus tipped off Project Stealth final 12 months, which additionally routes the connectors down by way of the board to the again, and hides them at the back of the case. The distinction? Project Stealth was an ATX board. MSI plans an ATX board as properly, however that’s coming sooner or later. Gordon Ung walks you thru what all this implies in our video, under.

What’s even higher is that MSI seems like that they’re keen to work with different board distributors, too. We don’t have a proper, collaborative identify for all of this, but it surely seems like there’s at the very least a willingness to help you combine and match these kinds of compact, reversed boards sooner or later. And that’s excellent news for everyone.

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