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Originally Posted by john70t View Post
Do motherboards run on 12v?
If so, just bypass the PSU and make direct connections I'd guess, with surge filter.

Don't some components run on 5v instead?
You'd still need a step-down box to run power wires to those.
Yes and no.

ATX standard pin out from PSU to MB.

There is, IMHO, no benefit to eliminating the 12V->110->12V cycle.

Lotta work for I'm not sure why.

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