Do you even have a 10Gbps switch? We just now got semi-affordable as in under $200 for an 8 port 2.5G switch last year. 10Gbps ethernet switches are super duper expensive and require active fan cooling.
Unfortunately that is true for both Intel and AMD. But at least with AMD they have really good backward compatibility which makes it much easier to upgrade piecewise by picking used stuff or when new stuff goes on sale. I got 3950x earlier this year for $400 used, it's been great. Hoping Alder lake will finally bring some competition to AMD which will drive both Intel and AMD prices down.
$299 - ASUS Prime Z690-A LGA 1700(Intel 12th) ATX Motherboard. (Amazon)
It depends on your definition of "insane".
It depends on your definition of "insane".
I bought my Asrock Z270 Taichi motherboard for under $200, and their new Z690 version is now up to $590.
It's crazy how much motherboards (in particular) have increased in price over the last 3-4 years.
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I was curious of the exact amount I paid since it was purchased in 2017, and it was $170.00
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C'mon kent give me a little credit here I checked all the manufacturers, that was just an example.
Model Numbers and links?
The de-facto high end boards from ASUS and Gigabyte for most users - the Hero and Aorus Master, have increased in price from their Z590 counterparts by 20% ($499 to $599) and 17.5% ($399 to $469) respectively, with the Z690 Hero having fewer USB type A ports on the back panel compared to the Aorus Master.
Are you sure they are price gouging or is supply and demand (components) is at the root cause here? Could be both. All I know is, I paid more for my Gigabyte x570 Aorus Ultra late last year than I did some of the Z690 boards coming out. Singling out Asus and then only referencing those super high end models is just to fit an agenda.
Thank you sir, just about all my prices I looked at were on newegg, in keeping with apples to apples comparison. Rather than asking me to post links anyone can go check for themselves.
You make the comment and then provide nothing to back it up. I don't know the model numbers you are looking at and you want us to go decipher what you compared? Lazy and there's probably a reason you don't want to provide data to back up your claim.
What the hell do you want? Me to post every link from newegg? How about you get off your lazy butt and go look I just told you where I got 99% of my data from.You make the comment and then provide nothing to back it up. I don't know the model numbers you are looking at and you want us to go decipher what you compared? Lazy and there's probably a reason you don't want to provide data to back up your claim.
Without access to their BOM it is impossible to say. The differences between the two are -
You have all the information and you made the claim. But you want me to go guess and track down what you were comparing?
So DDR5, PCI-E 5, and other newer tech should be considered equal to older tech in this current tech climate with its many bottlenecks leading to increased demand and under-supply at the same time? Looking at how other tech are selling way above msrp, we should be glad we're only seeing a 20% price increase in this range of motherboards. The tech marketplace is in flux right now for all the reasons I mentioned above and more. Prices are definitely going to be affected. Anybody who thought motherboard prices with all these new technologies alone, never mind other adverse factors, were going to remain the same was not thinking realistically.
Wasn't the Asus Dark Hero over $500 and probably still is? Not sure we're comparing apples to apples. It's a bit like cars, some manufactures have high end products that may cost more, but people are willing to pay for the top of the line. I don't know enough about the Intel versions of their boards to know what was equal to it in the past year. There are other contributing facts though to just putting a price tag on something.
Because you do not understand the basic manufacturing business model. New technology and products require R&D; which is a lot of times off-set by higher cost of goods at the beginning of a run. Plus, because it is not in high demand, yet, means they are manufacturing fewer products to start with. Fewer runs means the products generally cost more to produce because they are not buying components at the same level as they would for something that is mass produced in large volume to meet consumer demand. That, along with the constraint on supply chain and certain parts that may be used on motherboards (I know for fact capacitors are having supply issues, I see this a lot in the HT market right now and since last year) adds up. The inability to source supplies and parts because manufactures are having issues with raw materials and even getting the items into ports and such, causes an increase on overall cost of goods. Therefore, all of that cost is added in to the cost of the consumer product.
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