Behold, the Asus P8H67I‑Deluxe motherboard! Support for Intel’s quad-core, hyperthreaded Core i7s, up to 16 GB of DDR3 RAM, USB 3.0 ports, SATA 6.0 Gbps, 802.11n Wi‑Fi, Bluetooth 3.0… Technology.

But wait, what’s this? A PS/2 connector? What kind of person, who would go out of their way build their own PC rather than buy one from a shop, still uses a frickin’ PS/2 keyboard and mouse‽ iMac made USB mass market in 1998, and yet almost 14 years later, new PC motherboards are still coming with a connector from the ADB era?

Oh, and this thing is a mini‑ITX. So with its Wi‑Fi, Bluetooth, integrated Sandy Bridge graphics, HDMI output, and compact form factor, this is most likely to be used for a home theatre PC. Hmm, lemme just plug in a PS/2 keyboard and mouse and dangle them all the way across the living room to the sofa.

Roll out Jackie Chan.

(VGA is just as old as PS/2, but at least they’re still useful for projectors.)

Posted on 31 January, 2012.

Originally from uk.asus.com.