P9X79 Boards' Prices

[jcniest5]

Why are P9X79 boards are so f*ckingly expensive?! I haven't seen anything like that in recent years! The cheapest one is still close to $300. What are we heading into?

 

[AdamK47]

X79 is enthusiast level which will command the price premium. If you want cheaper you can go P68/Z68. That should cover the rest of the pricing spectrum.

 

[Diogenes2]

There are a couple of AsRock boards that are closer to $200 ..

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=100007627%20600238945&IsNodeId=1&Description=asrock&bop=And&SecondSearch=1&Order=PRICE&PageSize=20

Intel has one for $209

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813121552

 

[Lonyo]

You're asking why a premium enthusiast product has a premium price?
The clue is in the market segment it's aimed at.

 

[greenhawk]

of course, there is the little issue of needing a more complex board to get all those extra socket pins to their destination while still being a similar length (RAM ones) to reduse issues with high frequency communications.

edit: but then, if you can afford a $600AU CPU (still the cheapest option of the two IIRC, price is local), then a $300 motherboard is nothing.

 

[Zap]

Why is a Ferrari so expensive? Why is a Lear jet so expensive? Why are diamonds the size of your left testicle so expensive?

You want to pay less? Buy cheaper products.

 

[TakeNoPrisoners]

X58 boards are just as expensive. This is nothing new.

Socket 1366 is to 1156 as socket 2011 is to 1155.

 

[red454]

Like everyone says -

You want performance / power? You pay for it.

You want the latest release? You pay for that too.

Can you live with a Z68? And I would bet that most people can, then you will spend considerably less on a system - I love mine.

 

[rgallant]

most x58 mb are still running after years of heavy 24\7 overclock's.
-mines been @ 4.0-4.2 from oct. 2009. 1400mh and a 0.3v oc.

-intel must put the law down as far as low spec's min. on these high end boards [x],other wise every mb maker would have a cheap bare min.\under spec. model.