>440$ motherboard >can't be assed to include a 10¢

>>61931083
Serial port's probably not even remotely used enough to justify a dedicated port when they can simply enable the few who need it to easily add a port.

>>61931083
Stop buying /g/aymer boards and buy workstation/server boards from SuperMicro and this wont be an issue.

>>61931095
It is for console access to things like ESXi or linux without needing a crash cart. My 2U SuperMicro chassis has a front panel serial port for this very reason.

It's a very niche market that both needs a serial port on a stationary device. Practically everybody that needs a serial port is better off getting a usb to serial adapter.

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>can buy $440 mobo
>unwilling to pay for adapter for his obsolete port

Looks like you are the Jew here

>>61931083
Most motherboards with headers come with brackets anyway.

>>61931083
>2017
>serial port

WHERE'S MY PARALLEL PRINTER PORT SO I CAN HOOK UP MY LASERJET 5?

>>61931083
>manufacturing 100,000 motherboards
>have to choose between spending just $1,000 or an extra $9,000 just so one autist on a kazhakstani fly-fishing forum can be satisified

>>61931279
Fuck off, RS-232 is great.

>>61931348
it's only "great" because you use stupid shit

>>61931279
Well where is it?
5N is still best printer ever made.

>>61931369
DIY projects are anything but stupid.

>>61931083
>Workstation board
>needing RS-232
It's not a server board idiot.
>bbut professional
Administering a server requires nothing more than a basic optiplex.

Workstations are for people doing real work.

>>61931369
nigger please serial ports are everywhere on enterprise class equipment.

>>61931393
>diy
>doesn't use usb
>it's still serial, also smaller
fuck off, really

>>61931453
sure
in the 90s
and shit made today, but by autists in afghanistan

>>61931493
USB and RS-232 may both be serial protocols but they're quite different, with RS-232 being much simpler to work with. USB would be a huge step backwards. I want spend my time making stuff, not making stuff work.

>>61931202
>It is for console access to things like ESXi or linux without needing a crash cart.
made me laugh

>>61931502
Both my APC UPSes have them, same with both my APC PDUs, my Cisco switches and firewall have them, my Raritan IP KVM has one, even my RAID card has a serial port to upgrade the firmware for the SAS expander.

>>61931083
I'm more triggered by the lack of ps/2

>>61931083
>gaming in the product name
>expects a serial port

>>61931556
It has one combo port

>>61931556
ps2 is still everywhere on proper boards

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>>61931586
>Threadripper

If you're gaming on it, you better be playing 4 games at once.