Mainboard without junk

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Mike Nelson

I am looking for a mainboard for a new build.
The last system I built was in Feb 2006.
I have never used the IDE connectors or the
floppy drive connectors located inside the case.
I have never used the ps2 keyboard or ps2 mouse or
the serial or parallel connectors on the back of the system.

I will most likely never use any of those options
ever again. As I have been looking around, I still
see all of these connectors being offered on the
newest boards. Why is that ? Has amyone seen any
boards without all that old stuff ? What I need is
SATA, USB, LAN, and maybe Firewire, that's about it.

Any reccomendations for a new generation of boards
without all the old bloat?

Thanks for your advice
Mike
 
Any reccomendations for a new generation of boards
without all the old bloat?

Thanks for your advice
Mike
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My new ASUS board has no PS2 mouse socket but that's the only
concession to not supporting older devices: they will have floppy and
at least 1 IDE connectors for a while as most people will hang on to
their IDE based DVD R/W drives for while after they upgrade their HDDs
to SATA.

Your best bet is to just pretend they aren't there; they won't
negatively affect your performance.
New boards have twice the USB2.0 ports they used to which take the
space that your PS2 mouse/keyboard sockets would have so they aren't
any smaller. also they have on-board HD Audio as well as AC97 (?) are
these bloat too or just useful if you need them.
If it is a size issue, I have a MATX board which is tiny and it still
has 1 x IDE and 1 x Floppy taking up little space and no resources
that I can see. You are probably in such a minority that the
manufacturers won't spend money catering to your need for these ports/
sockets to be missing when they probably cost next to nothing to
include.

DLS
 
Mike said:
I am looking for a mainboard for a new build.
The last system I built was in Feb 2006.
I have never used the IDE connectors or the
floppy drive connectors located inside the case.
I have never used the ps2 keyboard or ps2 mouse or
the serial or parallel connectors on the back of the system.

I will most likely never use any of those options
ever again. As I have been looking around, I still
see all of these connectors being offered on the
newest boards. Why is that ? Has amyone seen any
boards without all that old stuff ? What I need is
SATA, USB, LAN, and maybe Firewire, that's about it.

Any reccomendations for a new generation of boards
without all the old bloat?

Thanks for your advice
Mike
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Abit did just that in the AT7 and IT7 MAX series. The MAX2 series which
followed reverted to PS/2 keyboard and mouse ports.

I can do without serial and parallel ports but I do like a PS/2 keyboard
port, floppy, and one ATA100 connector.

If you have any IRQ conflict concerns simply disable the devices in the
BIOS.
 
Mike Nelson said:
I am looking for a mainboard for a new build.
The last system I built was in Feb 2006.
I have never used the IDE connectors or the
floppy drive connectors located inside the case.
I have never used the ps2 keyboard or ps2 mouse or
the serial or parallel connectors on the back of the system.

I will most likely never use any of those options
ever again. As I have been looking around, I still
see all of these connectors being offered on the
newest boards. Why is that ? Has amyone seen any
boards without all that old stuff ? What I need is
SATA, USB, LAN, and maybe Firewire, that's about it.

Any reccomendations for a new generation of boards
without all the old bloat?

Thanks for your advice
Mike
Click to expand...

Those "old bloat" PS2 & floppy connectors still serve their intended
purpose. In addition they are bullet proof tried and tested technology.
Other than yourself it is the manufacturers who would like to increase
profits by dropping those things. What if you can't boot and the optical
drive is also cranky? A $6 drive and bootable floppy might just save your
behind.
What happened to the machine you just built last year? Are you hard on
equipment? How about giving me that old dusty machine with that antiquated
technology.
pcbuilder98
 
Mike Nelson said:
I am looking for a mainboard for a new build.
The last system I built was in Feb 2006.
I have never used the IDE connectors or the
floppy drive connectors located inside the case.
I have never used the ps2 keyboard or ps2 mouse or
the serial or parallel connectors on the back of the system.

I will most likely never use any of those options
ever again. As I have been looking around, I still
see all of these connectors being offered on the
newest boards. Why is that ?
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For the same reason that manufacturers offer products that include
circuit boards with completely disabled components sections. The cost
to the manufacturer is not substantial.

They probably don't want to do a complete redesign, so they just add
the new features without removing the old. Sooner or later they will
do away with the old stuff.
 
I am looking for a mainboard for a new build.
The last system I built was in Feb 2006.
I have never used the IDE connectors or the
floppy drive connectors located inside the case.
I have never used the ps2 keyboard or ps2 mouse or
the serial or parallel connectors on the back of the system.

I will most likely never use any of those options
ever again. As I have been looking around, I still
see all of these connectors being offered on the
newest boards. Why is that ? Has amyone seen any
boards without all that old stuff ? What I need is
SATA, USB, LAN, and maybe Firewire, that's about it.

Any reccomendations for a new generation of boards
without all the old bloat?
Click to expand...

I would not describe these as bloat. PS2 connectors
are useful if your USB keyboard fails. Serial connectors
are useful if your broadband goes down and you can attach
an old modem. IDE is useful so that you can connect
an older HD. A floppy port is useful if you need to
flash the BIOS.

M
 
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