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Does the X58 chipset still have a future? We take a look at a budget board from ASUS and find out.
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Does the X58 chipset still have a future? We take a look at a budget board from ASUS and find out.
Why oh Why do people keep saying this? That board already has 6 USB 2.0 on the rear, and I assume at least 3 on board headers for 6 more. That's a possible 12 devices without even taking USB Hubs into consideration. Seriously, how many USB ports does one computer need?!Quote:
we'd probably chop the legacy PS/2 ports and add in a further two USB 2.0s.
The one thing that tends to stay with me through upgrade after upgrade and replacement PC after replacement PC is my trust PS/2 mouse and keyboard. I've had my current mouse over 5 years, and I've never found one as comfortable. I don't want to have to choose between changing my mouse and buying a USB - PS/2 converter just because someone else decides it's time everyone moves on from PS/2! PS/2 does a great job for mice and keyboards, so why not keep it on there?
C'mon, we're living in 2010 and not 1990. :)
We'd be interested to hear what other users have to say, because we'd happily see the back of PS/2 and have some other form of connectivity on the back.
PS2 is dead and gone... (or should be :angst:)
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Must be one of the few legacy ports remaining!
I'd rather see floppy and IDE gone rather than PS/2 as i still use a PS/2 keyboard :mrgreen:
ditto. Floppy headers should be long dead but still seem to be on a lot of boards. I think IDE and PS/2 have a better argument to still be around.
With IDE, It's not that long ago that sata CD/DVD drives were reasonably thin on the ground, and people still have old CD/DVD drives around that are still useful. On an x58 board though, I would excuse them dropping IDE as you'd assume people buying x58 would either have sata optical drives or be willing to shell out £20.
As for mice/keyboards - personally I would lose the IDE first. Some people do seem very, very attached to their old mice and keyboard :)
It's got no Sata 6gbps and usb3 because the board was released before those standards came out.
The board was being reviewed last September....
http://tech-reviews.co.uk/reviews/as...rboard-review/
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I have 12GB of RAM installed but the BIOS only sees 8GB. Win7 x64 also sees 8GB. CPU-Z can see the full 12GB installed. The mobo is running the latest BIOS.
Any suggestions?
Scrub my reply - missed the CPU-Z thing.
Woo! Glad to hear I'm not the only one who's not desperate to see the back of PS/2.
The thing is (IMNSHO) PS/2 just *works* for mice and keyboards. Floppy drives and IDE have been replaced by something better, but PS/2 hasn't. The only real advantage of USB over PS/2 is that you can plug and unplug your mouse / kb as often as you want, but how often do people actually do that on a desktop?! Let's here it for PS/2!!
GTFO floppy, IDE, and PS/2.
What do you do about your monitor? And if you have several monitors, why not several kb and mice?
Anyway, that's another good point. My KVM is PS/2, too :mrgreen: