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Standards and Cables

The connectors, ports and protocols that decide whether two parts of a computer can talk to each other at all — USB, HDMI, DisplayPort, PCIe, M.2 and the rest, explained without the marketing.

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What this section will cover

USB, name by confusing name: the Type-A/Type-C connector shapes versus the USB 2/3.x/4 speed generations, and why a cable and a port can each be a bottleneck on their own
HDMI and DisplayPort versions, and what each generation actually adds (resolution, refresh rate, variable refresh support)
PCIe generations (3.0 through 5.0 and beyond) and what doubling bandwidth each generation means for a graphics card or an SSD
M.2 and NVMe explained: the slot, the key notch, and why two M.2 drives can be completely different speeds
Power connectors: ATX 3.0, 12V-2x6/12VHPWR, and the failure reports that made this a subject people search for by name
Wi-Fi and Bluetooth generations as they show up on a motherboard spec sheet

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