Marketing of "Gaming boards" vs non-gaming boards

[dma0991]

Haha, that's my favorite marketing term. My question is 'whose military?'

Japanese solid capacitors military. :sneaky:

 

[StrangerGuy]

Japanese solid capacitors military. :sneaky:

Nah, OEMs running on razor-thin profit margins love another "bumpgate" event so they can bleed themselves dry over lawsuits and warranties for using non-"military class" mobos that are failing on massive scales, so MSI/Gigabyte/Asus has ample reason to charge $300 per military-class mobo.

 

[Zap]

Don't get me wrong, I agree with you about everything else, but I think motherboards are an exception. A cheap CPU is just slower than an expensive CPU. With motherboards though, a cheap one will be a constant source of headaches. There is good value between $100 and $150, but I think there are valid technical reasons to spend up to around $230.

We will just have to agree to disagree, because I disagree.

Sure, bargain basement motherboards will cut out the extras, so you do lose on features when talking about $70 motherboards, but what does a $230 motherboard give you in real world non-marketing terms that a $150 motherboard won't?

You can justify the extra cost by saying that you can afford it and you want it, but I don't see any "valid technical reasons" that are good justification once you go above a certain point (diminishing returns).

 

[JimKiler]

We will just have to agree to disagree, because I disagree.

Sure, bargain basement motherboards will cut out the extras, so you do lose on features when talking about $70 motherboards, but what does a $230 motherboard give you in real world non-marketing terms that a $150 motherboard won't?

You can justify the extra cost by saying that you can afford it and you want it, but I don't see any "valid technical reasons" that are good justification once you go above a certain point (diminishing returns).

Agreed, when I look at the new AMD mobo's the 990X and 990FX chipsets (there are not many making it easy to compare) i took the bottom 3 in price and top 2 and the only differences I see the Asus Crosshair V has an intel NIC but other than that they mostly have the same components. Even the cheap mobos have crossfire and/or SLI but the more expensive boards allow more than 2 GPU's and I am not sure many people need that.

 

[drizek]

We will just have to agree to disagree, because I disagree.

Sure, bargain basement motherboards will cut out the extras, so you do lose on features when talking about $70 motherboards, but what does a $230 motherboard give you in real world non-marketing terms that a $150 motherboard won't?

You can justify the extra cost by saying that you can afford it and you want it, but I don't see any "valid technical reasons" that are good justification once you go above a certain point (diminishing returns).

Well I think 230 is the high end of htat spectrum, but there are a lot of good boards for around 180-200. Again, it's about more PCIe lanes,better power delivery, better warranty.