Motherboards ASUS Impact VII, PS/2 Socket... Why?

Hey guys...

I was just looking to see if I could find a release date for the ASUS Impact VII motherboard and I noticed that the new motherboard will have a PS/2 combi socket (apparently at the expense of the eSATA socket.
What I would like to ask is, can anyone tell me why they would do this? Does it make sense or does it baffle you as much as me? Isn't PS/2 old, out of date and hardly ever used now? Surely there are any number of things that could have been included here that would have been of more benefit.

So if there is a reasonable explanation for ASUS to do this I would like to know, thanks in advance.

 

I like ps2 - I have a number of ps2 keyboards. ps2 is better for keyboards than usb - you can get true NKRO (which can also be achieved with high speed USB, but most keyboards don't use this and thus are limited to 6KRO or some kind of trickery to achieve NKRO over USB).

Though - it's annoying that it isn't hot swappable! Which means I usually use a PS/2 -> USB active converter as that is hot swappable.

 

Yep, plenty of people still use PS/2 for gaming, so it's a decent match for that board.

 

I personally couldn't do without a PS/2 port now, I need that NKRO.

 

Because it's targeted at gamers who have a need for the ps/2 port, plenty of esata mobos made by asus not hard to buy one with it on.

Asus specialise there range depending on the needs of that bracket that they are aiming to sell in.

 

PS/2 is also targeted at the LN2 overclockers as apparently sometimes there can be issues with the bios of boards not, accepting input from a USB keyboard at really temps.

 

PS2 is that fail safe port for me, if I ever have trouble with a usb KB can always rely on a PS2 to be detected.

Never used a esata mind

 

Thanks for the replies.

I never meant that eSATA was used that much (as far as I know it is used about as much as Firewire ) but I just thought that there might be a better use for the space. However, as I read the comments here I can see that PS/2 is indeed a good thing to have for those likely to want this motherboard as so when I buy it I shall look at the socket more fondly than rather have the feeling of 'What the hell are you there for?'

 

I'm an overclocker and I for one find the port a must. It is, as above, the fail safe port that'll always get detected. My keyboard that I use for overclocking is from 2001 and still going strong, albeit a little yellow. LOL.