[Best!] Asus cushioned IO shield & front-panel block

[bemylove]

I think they started using this parts in the ROG series and trickle down to their channel boards. Wonder how come other boards dont follow suite?

Especially love the cushioned IO

VS this monstrosity!

Front panel block

 

[Mythmaker]

My old DFI is cushioned. That was 5 years ago I think. And it had the front panel block as well.

Asus simply copied I guess?

 

[commach]

wols much?

Dell started the cushioned back I/O shield since the ATX Pentium 3 era.

 

[addthewin]

u very de wols.. my old computer which is X years old is using the cushion 1.. usually on their non budget series..

 

[watzup_ken]

Yeah, back then the cushioning was much better. I guess over time, manufacturers' cost cutting ate into this aspect. I think I still have a backplate that is very heavy due to the thick rubbery cushion.

 

[eminus]

I am not sure about the old one but this Asus IO plate is not only for cushioning but also protection from ESD

 

[SSDLover]

With those premium charged, asus should indeed give everything.

But then, until they solve their super long boot up time, i would never buy any asus board again.

I remember my brother previous dekstop with asus motherboard (ROG series + core i5) booted up even slower than my old school acer intel pentium dual core. What a shame considering the desktop is so much higher end in terms of spec and cost a lot more.

Both are using same capacity, model, and brand of ssd.

 

[eminus]

bios boot up might be a "bit" longer but for me my bootup is fine

 

[sadboy]

I think gigabytes use that long also. Saw it when I build my LGA1156 system.

 

[pa9797]

Asus ROG series already cushioned

 

[Slkrz83]

I think most of the midrange and gaming boards from Asus will have that. But yes, it's definitely better than the sharp edged painfully hard to put in normal IO shield.

 

[bemylove]

wols much?

Dell started the cushioned back I/O shield since the ATX Pentium 3 era.

sounds like i am wols!

but why dell need to do this since its all pre-built....goes to show how useful cushioned io shield is and it should be a standard!