One step closer to all computers being streamed from a data centre to a screen. Just as the big companies want. “You will own nothing and be happy”
GPU - now the price of a 5 year old Toyota.
RAM - 10x price hike in the last year
CPUs - prices increasing faster than processing speed
Economy - destroyed
Wages - stagnant
Social contract for young adults - Broken
Motherboard manufacturers - “why is no one buying our products?”
Yeah, “weak demand” is a bullshit argument. It’s “hey, I’d love to build a new PC but I can’t fucking afford half the components anymore so I’m not getting any”
Maybe motherboard manufacturers should’ve been telling off the others so they don’t fuck over the consumers. But they didn’t say a word like all the rest of them. They just sat and watched.
Now they reap their harvest after they ignored the weeds.
Well when you put it like that, I see why the manufacturers are so confused…
So… you’re gonna lower the price, right?
Right?
Lifetime of building my own PCs, the price of the mobo has NEVER been the biggest cost of a build
Why buy a mobo if you can’t afford the components to make it useful?
Even if it is 10 bucks for a top-of-the-line mobo, people would not buy since new CPU is sold at hefty price, and GPUs, even used ones, are way overpriced to be needing new motherboard.
What is the point of getting new hardware when old hardware (say, 10yo) does well in today’s standards while new hardware cost you an arm and a leg?
Can’t even by HDD, not even SSD, with today’s prices.
No shit dude. Lowering a mobo price will do nothing because that isn’t the budget breaker. Never has been.
Niche products have declining demand and rising prices.
The hobby has been slowly dying ever since the demise of Moore’s law slowed the pace of development.
Used to be the new computer cost about the same and was 4x faster. Not as much fun to pay more for incremental gains.
I’ve heard that prices of motherboards are decreasing
Who cares if a MSRP$199 motherboard now costs $239 instead of the $249 it did last month? RAM is still thousands of dollars. GPUs are still thousands of dollars.
There is no point trying to build a PC anymore. Run what you have until the industry collapses, and only spend any money on indie games. The industry has chosen to fuck you over completely. Never forget that.
Most of these manufacturers will go out of business by the time the AI bubble bursts and you still won’t be able to buy one for a reasonable amount. They’re intentionally destroying the market so you’re forced into cheap cloud-based devices they can force you into contracts to run.
Does everybody still think the bubble will burst? I honestly don’t think it will…
I will play DND through the fucking post office before I do that.
Makes sense I suppose
Who is buying a new motherboard if all the other components are significantly overpriced?
At least for me, I only get a new motherboard if I want a new CPU that my current doesn’t support
Are these the same companies who are charging 500$ for a board that costs maybe 50$ to manufacture? Yeah, no thanks. Don’t need new gear. Current works fine and prices are stupid, won’t be buying for a very long time and I’m still on AM4.
