Haswell motherboard, with IDE and floppy?

[VirtualLarry]

Wondering, will ASRock produce a Fata1ty mobo for Haswell with IDE and floppy? Or should I pick up a Z77 Professional right now while they're still made, and stick with IB?

I really want my next upgrade to be Haswell, but I want my IDE and floppy too.

Edit: Currently on a Q9300 @ 3.0, and a P35 mobo. Wanted to skip SB and IB if I could manage to hold out that long.

 

[ericloewe]

First thing to do: Think long and hard about the necessity of the floppy port and especially IDE.

If you really do need that, only time will tell if Haswell mobos dump IDE + floppy for good. If so, buy the future old IB platform, or find some add-on card that supports IDE and floppies.

 

[danjw]

No one knows what configurations will be available with Haswell. That isn't going to be available until Q2 2013. Heck most manufacturers will still be working on their motherboard designs at this point.

If you feel you need to update your system, do it. There will always be something new just around the corner, that you decide to wait for. If you keep waiting for the next thing, you will never upgrade.

As far as IDE and floppy, not sure if anyone is adding those onto mainstream motherboards any more. You maybe able to find that on a motherboard intended for use in embedded industrial situations. There are IDE to SATA adapters you could use to get IDE access. You can get an external USB Floppy drive, Newegg carries those: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16821118001

 

[vailr]

Get a Mac instead?
Apple hasn't used either: IDE or floppy, for years now.
What can a floppy drive do, that a USB thumb drive can't do?
Put your IDE hard drive in an external USB housing.
IDE optical drives: replace with SATA optical.
Problem solved?

 

[T_Yamamoto]

Can't you just use converters for IDEs and floppies? And who used floppies these days?

 

[Kerry56]

You can always get a pci-e controller card that has an IDE port on it. Newegg carries them: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16815287003

As for the floppy support, you may have to go with advice from danjw and get an external, usb driven floppy drive.