Here's a bit from xbitlabs:
According to Digitimes, some larger Taiwanese mainboard manufacturers are quite concerned about the situation with fake mainboards in China. The sales of these products have increased dramatically lately. Moreover, some fakes are made in such a good way that they can be hardly distinguished from the original boards. The price is also not the best criterion: the fakes are only $10-$20 cheaper that the real ones, which can be regarded as a common price difference (especially by an unsophisticated user) typical of every market. 14 Chinese provinces have already reported the cases of fake mainboards being sold. They are: Beijing, Zhengzhou, Jinan, Qingdao, Guangzhou, Nanjing, Hangzhou, Wuhan, Changsha, Nanchang, Shenyang, Xian, Kunming and Chengdu.
The most popular brands among the fake-boards makers are ASUS, Gigabyte, MSI, Elitegroup (ECS), EPoX, Chaintech and ABIT. Actually, this list is quite logical, as there are four first-tier mainboard manufacturers (the so called "big four") and three second-tire ones.
What I don't understand is why produce fake motherboards? If the quality of the fake is so good that it is hard to tell the fake motherboard from the real motherboard, why not start up a new company and market them under a new name?
According to Digitimes, some larger Taiwanese mainboard manufacturers are quite concerned about the situation with fake mainboards in China. The sales of these products have increased dramatically lately. Moreover, some fakes are made in such a good way that they can be hardly distinguished from the original boards. The price is also not the best criterion: the fakes are only $10-$20 cheaper that the real ones, which can be regarded as a common price difference (especially by an unsophisticated user) typical of every market. 14 Chinese provinces have already reported the cases of fake mainboards being sold. They are: Beijing, Zhengzhou, Jinan, Qingdao, Guangzhou, Nanjing, Hangzhou, Wuhan, Changsha, Nanchang, Shenyang, Xian, Kunming and Chengdu.
The most popular brands among the fake-boards makers are ASUS, Gigabyte, MSI, Elitegroup (ECS), EPoX, Chaintech and ABIT. Actually, this list is quite logical, as there are four first-tier mainboard manufacturers (the so called "big four") and three second-tire ones.
What I don't understand is why produce fake motherboards? If the quality of the fake is so good that it is hard to tell the fake motherboard from the real motherboard, why not start up a new company and market them under a new name?
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