Project Overview

This groundbreaking motherboard features an innovative layout (back-placed graphics card) and a cherry blossom color scheme (pink and white). It not only addresses the limited space and poor heat dissipation common in traditional motherboards, but also sets a new trend in computer hardware design, meeting the demand of tech enthusiasts for both high performance and aesthetic pleasure.

Organisation

Shenzhen College of International Education

Team

Sasso Hou, Ning Yang, Li Jiaxuan, Alex Meng, Mo zidong, Liu Yingying, Mason Jing, Yuheng Zhang, Hu Chak Shing

Project Brief

In the field of hardware engineering, the motherboard, as the core part, connects all other components and thus attracts much attention to its design. However, traditionally designed motherboards fail to satisfy modern consumers’ demand for aesthetic pleasure and high performance; with computing power continuously increasing, graphics cards occupy more space, significantly reducing the expandability of motherboards.

This product aims to solve all athe bove problems through an innovative layout (back-placed graphics card) and a cherry blossom colour scheme (pink and white). These features address the limited space and poor heat dissipation common in traditional motherboards, while also enhancing the motherboard’s aesthetic appeal and uniqueness. Furthermore, the motherboard boasts high performance and supports personalized customization, well catering to the needs of different users.

Project Innovation/Need

Back-Placed Graphic Card: This motherboard distinguishes itself with an innovative layout that places the graphics card on the back. This greatly saves front space, whereby the product can achieve higher expandability and more efficient space utilization to offer modern consumers a versatile, high-performance solution.

Cherry Blossom Color Scheme: Breaking away from the monotonous color schemes of its traditional counterparts, this motherboard ingeniously incorporates the cherry blossom element, presenting an elegant, romantic style to enhance the user experience. Such a design aligns well with modern aesthetic trends, improving the product’s recognizability and market competitiveness. Besides innovative color selection, the motherboard also emphasizes superior manufacturing craftsmanship. The pink PCB (Printed Circuit Board), coupled with the pink solder mask, enhances the product’s visual appeal, durability, and stability, ensuring more reliable performance and a smoother experience for users.

Personalized Customization: The motherboard provides rich front I/O interfaces and PCIe slots, which allow users to customize configurations based on their specific needs, fully meeting personalized preferences.

Design Challenge

Heat Dissipation and Signal Transmission: To ensure the performance of the back-placed graphics card is unaffected, the design team has adopted cutting-edge cooling technologies and signal transmission solutions, enabling the graphics card to maintain stable and efficient operation.

Aesthetic Pleasure and Practicality: The cherry blossom color scheme presents a challenge in balancing aesthetic pleasure with durability and stability. To address that, the team has employed premium materials and advanced manufacturing processes, creating a visually appealing and high-performance motherboard for long-term use.

Sustainability

This motherboard focuses on environmental protection and energy saving. By virtue of its innovative design, the product enhances practicality and aesthetic pleasure, while also extending its service life to minimize resource waste.

It boasts high expandability and supports personalized customization, providing a more flexible and efficient hardware upgrading solution. Users can upgrade their hardware according to their own needs, avoiding the waste associated with frequent motherboard replacement. Moreover, the product promotes the recycling within the high-tech industry, contributing to the sustainable development of society.