Anyone who has bought a high-end graphics card in the last few years knows that they are a seriously chunky bit of a kit. If they were not used for the game, they would make a pretty good blunt force murder weapon.

However, with signs that next-generation graphics cards are hitting the buffet, or bulking up before the next generation is revealed at the gym, Benchlife shared a preview of the Gigabyte B650E Aorus Pro X USB4. It revealed that the PCIe5.0 slot on the board has a fairly shocking weight tolerance of up to 58kg. That's 128 pounds!

Gigabyte refers to this slot as PCIe UD Slot X. The slots themselves do not seem to be much different from those on the currently available boards, which are often equipped with metal reinforcement and reinforced soldering. If you look at the back of the board, you will see a small back plate fixed with 4 screws, so Gigabyte is beyond that. With this board, the graphics card will not rip the PCIe slot.

These days, boards with certain types of reinforcement tend to fail unless the slots are subjected to stress caused by improper installation, and the problem of sagging graphics cards can be mitigated by using support struts and brackets, but still, the durability of the sagging cards can be reduced. If the weight of the load part, the GPU, is not properly balanced, then cracking of the PCB can definitely occur.

Why would Gigabyte go to such lengths to enhance the primary PCIe slot"According to logic, the next-generation graphics card already has more than some high-end cards such as RTX4080Super occupy 4 slots and if the length reaches or exceeds 35 cm, the PCIe slot will not be available. The lot must withstand stress that was not designed. 

If several next-generation cards occupy five slots, it will be more important than ever to properly balance and distribute the weight of such beef cake cards. Apart from the enhanced PCIe5.0 slot, the B650E Aorus Pro X USB4 looks like a premium board with powerful VRM, many connectivity options and comprehensive rear I/O. In fact, assuming it supports Zen5 out of the box, why Gigabyte is using the B650e chipset, which easily passes on to the x870 or B850 board, and as manufacturers are expected to unveil motherboards that support the next generation of Zen5 and Arrow Lake Cpus, next week's Computex will be Mega 1. This is the first time that we have been able to do so. A team of PC gamers will be roaming the halls looking for all the goodies.