Friday, January 9th 2015
MSI Z97A Gaming 6 its First Motherboard to Feature USB 3.1 Type-C
MSI showed off the Z97A Gaming 6, the company's first motherboard to feature a USB 3.1 port, with the new Type-C connector. This board is essentially a Z97 Gaming 5, with a USB 3.1 controller, and the Type-C port on its rear panel. The board features an 8-phase CPU VRM, three PCI-Express 3.0 x16 slots (x8/x4/x4 when all three are populated), an M.2 slot, SATA-Express, Killer gigabit Ethernet controller, and the company's Audio Boost onboard audio, with ground-layer isolation. Expect this board to sell around the $160 mark.
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wccftech.com/intel-skylake-remove-support-usb-based-windows-7-installation-platform-specs/I'm not trying to build a case here, I'll dump Win7 as soon as Win10 is available. It just goes to show that USB support is decided entirely by your soft and hardware, while PS/2, even with it's age provides a more "universal" experience for interface devicse.