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Do you think motherboard cost is partly dictated by supply and demand?

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Scifione

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Do you think motherboard cost is partly dictated by supply and demand?

What is up with the prices of motherboards. Some can range from $97 to $168 for the for the same form factor and CPU socket/slot type. I know added cost of quality parts and cost to add features play a part in final cost, but I think supply and demand big part in cost. Ex. A $168 board has only one more chip and 2 more connectors than a $147 board with the same features, form factor, chip set, and name brand of company. I am not trying to flame any motherboard company, so I did not name model or company. I am just pointing out a general practic.


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That's what the DOJ says too. 😀

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The price, not the cost, of an item is determined by S & P. I noticed that the first place where I saw the new ASUS A7V mobo listed had it for a very high price. If the price isn't high enough to cover costs plus profit then eventually the manufacturer will cease production. Especially in this business!

Another thing I've noticed is that manufacturers will design a product to a specific price point on the front end. Better vid cards usually run c. $300, etc. It's interesting to me that for many years the price of a good PC at retail has been around $3000 (although the cost of entry level systems has gone down a lot). The OEM's seem to be spec-ing their systems to that price point.
 
Everything is dictated by supply and demand, least in open markets. Thats what economics is based on🙂

As Ulysses said, if demand at a certain price is non-existant, then they will drop the price till sales pick up, as long as the price is still high enough to cover the base cost. If it drops too low, then they will stop supplying them completely. Likwise, if demand is very high, the price will rise, at least in the short run. Eventually, supply might rise as well to bring the price back down.

So basically, it doesn't matter if two boards are very similiar if the demand for one board is very high, or supply for one board is very low, etc etc... Thats going to dictate the price, not the base cost of the board.

 
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