Reports Say Mobo Prices Going Up 10%; Gigabyte Says Nope

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Sources claim that motherboard manufacturers are raising their prices by the end of 1Q12, but Gigabyte says that's not true -- at least on their part.

Reports Say Mobo Prices Going Up 10%; Gigabyte Says Nope : Read more

 

[Guest]

Not a problem for me if the workers are going to get better wages.

 

[neiroatopelcc]

My motherboard cost some 280 € in 2010 ... at that price point it really doesn't matter any more.

 

[psupanova]

Who care's building your own PC is so 1990's.

 

[jtennison]

Even if prices rise 10%, that won't stop me from buying a new motherboard when Ivy Bridge desktop CPUs and associated MB chips come out. )

 

[Dyseman]

[citation][nom]psupanova[/nom]Who care's building your own PC is so 1990's.[/citation]

Well for you Gateway and HP Lovers like yourself, their motherboards will go up too. So it hits you as well.

 

[psupanova]

[citation][nom]Dyseman[/nom]Well for you Gateway and HP Lovers like yourself, their motherboards will go up too. So it hits you as well.[/citation]

Gateway? HP? Buying a PC is so Noughties......

 

[gsacks]

How, Chinese labor is cheap. I hope their wages do go up.

 

[dark_lord69]

[citation][nom]psupanova[/nom]Who care's building your own PC is so 1990's.[/citation]
Yeah, sure you can buy prebuilt computers if you don't mind a poor combination of mediocre parts.


YAY!! Gigabyte!!
I always like them, I think my next mobo will be Gigabyte.
(I'm not an ASROCK fan anymore.)

 

[bloodymaze]

And in other news: Foxconn reports prices increase 20%, due to mass negative media. 19% goes to apple, 1% to the workers

 

[dauntekong]

[citation][nom]psupanova[/nom]Gateway? HP? Buying a PC is so Noughties......[/citation]

Let me guess, your not a PC... you're a Mac...

 

[DRosencraft]

This is a fairly good news article. Wages for workers going up, and a company somehow finding a way to do it without steep rises in the costs of their products. As long as Gigbyte isn't cutting corners somewhere, this sounds like great news. Now, if only the next AMD chipset would come out, I could buy the new board I've been putting off.

 

[cmart332]

Copper was at 9630.0 $/t on 8/2/2011, 6860.5 on 10/5/2011 and was over 10k a year ago. These fluctuations over relatively short periods of time haven't lead to major price changes in mobos before (correct me if I'm wrong), and I don't see why they would going forward unless the unnamed source is projecting long term price increases in copper. If the price of copper is 21% less than it was a year ago the reported increase must be based purely on the wage increase (or something else we don't know about).

 

[waethorn]

[citation][nom]dark_lord69[/nom]Yeah, sure you can buy prebuilt computers if you don't mind a poor combination of mediocre parts.YAY!! Gigabyte!!I always like them, I think my next mobo will be Gigabyte.(I'm not an ASROCK fan anymore.)[/citation]

Gigabyte: Asrock price ranges with Asus reliability.

Just FYI: that's meant as a compliment.

I just wish they got their new models out faster than Asus. They still have no E-450 model board on the horizon, and the only Brazos model available is mini-ITX. Asus has more selection. I hate how Asus puts in angled SATA connectors along with angled cables. I hate those. Straight cables and plugs are the only way to go IMO. Most cases won't accomodate edge-mount angled connectors.

 

[jdamon113]

with todays quility boards maybe there deserve the perk. I would rather them raise the item by a mere 10 percent then to cut back on quality

even you gigabyte. My perfered board.

 

[eyemaster]

[citation][nom]gsacks[/nom]How, Chinese labor is cheap. I hope their wages do go up.[/citation]
Saying something like this is ignorant. Their wages are a factored in with everything else. One dollar in China is not the same as 1$ in the US.

 

[gm0n3y]

[citation][nom]psupanova[/nom]Who care's building your own PC is so 1990's.[/citation]
Troll successful.

 

[warmon6]

[citation][nom]psupanova[/nom]Gateway? HP? Buying a PC is so Noughties......[/citation]

Even if your mac, it will still affect you.

As for trolling, I got a friend that will love to meet you. [:graywolf:8]

(you were warned )

 

[A Bad Day]

What? Motherboard prices going up? Why don't those manufacturers slash wages and lower labor costs to combat the rising copper prices?! Screw the workers, I want to save $20!

/sarcasm

 

[doomtomb]

I don't mind a marginal increase because motherboards provide a TON of functionality for the money.

 

[nukemaster]

My board(Maximus Gene-Z, great board for the price.) went from 170 to nearly 200 CAD. so yeah. I would still get it for that price anyway.