I find it interesting that Gigabyte was able to drop the price while keeping the board relatively fully-featured. Realtek 2.5Gb LAN, which is common on entry-level boards, but also using 802.11 ac, as noted in the board's name, limits the board to WiFi 5 - also Realtek for this radio. Better than no WiFi of course!
Also the inclusion of the PS/2 port is peculiar, and points to the board being targeted at markets where the use of PS/2 keyboards is still common. I will note that PS/2 ports can also be found on enthusiast overclocking motherboards that sell for many times the ~US$200 MSRP of this board, but those are for a different purpose - overclocking with Windows XP, using benchmarks that lack support for any later version of Windows! In this case, it's surprising that a board with PS/2 lacks a VGA port, but it does expose a serial 'COM' port along the bottom edge.
Of course, as an audiophile, or perhaps a recovering one, I lament the omission of an SP/DIF optical output. This output has one specific purpose, which is to electrically decouple the audio stage between the PC and the audio system, at the digital interconnect level. This helps prevent ground noise and any other interference present in the PC from affecting audio output and can be useful in environments with power and RF noise pollution issues.
Last thing - unlike many boards in the past that would come short in terms of power delivery, I was happy to see that the full 300W dual 8-pin EPS12V power interface is provided. Along with the ATX power connector, this is as much as any CPU that can be installed in an LG1700 socket can use in standard operating conditions.
