How many of you have a motherboard that costs more than the CPU

[amol]

My feeling was that your CPU should cost more than your mobo . . . and my current plan has a 3000+ winchester with an MSI Neo4 . . .

the mobo is $30 more . . .

just wanna see what AT forums do . . .

 

[GuitarDaddy]

my cpu was $189 winchester 3200+ and mobo was $201 A8N-SLI and I love the combo wouldn't change a thing

 

[amol]

where did you get the 3200+ for $190!??!

 

[imported_NoGodForMe]

Yeah, it's weird people buying the A8N and putting in a 3000+.

Here's a funny story. I bought a Sony V1 digital camera and 1 gig of memory for it. The memory costed more than the camera, but it's worth having all that space to shoot videos.

 

[Jeff7]

Try spending more on hard drives than some people do on a PC. 5 x 200GB Seagate hard drives isn't cheap.

A CPU has one little chip on it, with some wires going to the pins. A motherboard has loads of chips, and long connection traces that must be made to fairly precise tolerances to avoid electronic noise and other kinds of signal interference.
Both items are ridiculously complex.

 

[The Green Bean]

I payed about the same for both...100 bucks each when I bought it...

 

[imported_Computer MAn]

I payed ~$20 more for my CPU than my mobo

 

[Cerb]

1800+ $48
DFI NFII Ultra-AL: $71
Yup, over $20 more.

 

[Zepper]

Duron 1600 (less than $50 when I bought) - Abit KW7 (more than $50.).
.bh.

 

[m3rcury]

My first pc that I built... PII 350 + Intel mobo = 150$. But then my raid IBM Deathstar 2x 15gb drives cost 200$. This was mid 2000. The cpu and mobo are still chugging in friend's family computer. The hdds have LONG been dead. :tear:

 

[crimson117]

My AN7 was a few bucks more than my mobile barton 2500 oem, but I added a retail heatsink so the processor+heatsink was a little more than the mobo.

When you think about it, your mobo probably has ethernet, sound, and possibly a RAID controller too, so it's not too surprising if it costs more.

 

[bobsmith1492]

2500 mobile - 88 bucks
DFI Lanparty - 150....

Almost double, but worth it over a year ago

EDIT: Oh yeah, add a 40 dollar heat sink....

 

[Megatomic]

A64 3400+ Clawhammer - $220
Soltek K8AN2E-GR - $70

Chip cost 3 times more than the board.

 

[Bassyhead]

I paid $130 for my MSI nforce motherboard and $120 for my XP 1800+ in March 2002 on Newegg

 

[boshuter]

Motherboard: Abit AG8 - $85 (NIB from the forum)

CPU: LGA 775 3.6e engineering sample - FREE

 

[dwcal]

One of my old systems:

$90 Intel 815EPFV
$40 Celeron 700 (oc's to 1050Mhz!)

 

[Viper96720]

Originally posted by: NoGodForMe
Yeah, it's weird people buying the A8N and putting in a 3000+.

Here's a funny story. I bought a Sony V1 digital camera and 1 gig of memory for it. The memory costed more than the camera, but it's worth having all that space to shoot videos.

Yeah some people like overclocking and saving a few bucks.

 

[fishmonger12]

270 for a 3500+
200 for a k8nsnsxp-939

figured a more expensive motherboard would be better for stability\compatibility. hah.

 

[beany323]

one time i bought my girlfriend a dishwasher (which was on sale) it cost more to get it installed !!!

(either way they get you coming or going)

(i know .... i know)

 

[Vegito]

my supermicro xeon motherboard.. 400 bucks.. 1 cpu 200.. dual cpu = same price

 

[RussianSensation]

Originally posted by: NoGodForMe
Yeah, it's weird people buying the A8N and putting in a 3000+.

It's even more weird when ppl buy SLI and put 1 6600GT in it.

If you buy another 6600GT later, then a normal $130 mobo + $380 6800Gt is faster and costs less.

If you upgrade to a faster card later, then why buy $280 mobo + $200 videocard? and then toss the $200 videocard just to get a $400 one that you could have bought earlier?

Also in May with R520, $500 will buy you the performance than SLI today. SLI doesnt help either with its inability to match later features that new generation of videocards bring when you do finally decide to upgrade to a 2nd card. SLI = Simply Lame Invention.

 

[asm0deus]

A64 3000+ ($110) VNF3-250 ($60) = $50 more for CPU, im on S754 though, so that probably explains it.

 

[bobsmith1492]

Dishwashers are easy to install. Plug it in, hook up the water and drain, and voila.

 

[GuitarDaddy]

Originally posted by: Amol
where did you get the 3200+ for $190!??!

Monarch, back in October before the prices went up

 

[InlineFive]

Athlon XP 2500+ = $8x
Abit NF7-S = $10x?