Still are. Nicer than ever, too. The last board I bought felt luxurious compared to what I am used to – the heft and the built in backplate was very, very nice.
Addoniaya
Boards!? Let’s not mention GPUS…
TxM_2404
I bought a Z270 motherboard in 2017. I believe it was 130€ and that felt insanely expensive. Now 130€ is in the budget class.
ovr9000storks
Feature creep is a bitch
bigscott_1701
Reasonably priced anything would be nice now a days can’t build with new parts without going broke
MFKRebel
I was actually just looking at them today and it’s kinda crazy. I got an ASUS pro art X670E awhile back for $350 I think? Mostly cause I was shocked I could get 10 gb for that price. I’ve decided I’m gonna let that thing ride until AM5 meets its end.
HuygensCrater
I got my MSI Z890 Gaming Plus Wifi for 200 euros. Not a bad mobo at all, serving me great and it has all the features I need. Also the boot screen with the dragon is just awesome.
And I know you can buy Z890 mobo’s for 150-170 euros so its not bad. And B850 mobo’s for even less.
RobotUmpire
I’m up to my eyeballs in USB ports and I don’t know why.
Who uses all these?
mca1169
more cost less useful features. I really miss when 7 segment LED’s for error codes were popular, those were the days.
I thought that was pretty reasonable even by standards from several years ago.
I think what you’re wanting is top of the line for half price.
whyeverynameistaken3
I paid 50€ for my 7950x3d motherboard, I may have less USB ports and less PCI-E slots, but still don’t understand why people who pay 200+ for a motherboard. There are options.
tjijntje
ASUS
zOMGie9
Forget reasonably priced, what about a reasonable amount of PCIE lanes? What ever happened to that?
jrr123456
I remember in 2015 i got a Z97 Msi gaming 5 for just over £100
Had a 7 segment debug display, decent VRM, stable support for DDR3 2400MHz and plenty of Sata Expansion
Hattix
They still are.
It’s just that many people buy a motherboard they plain don’t need. Do you need a Z or an X chipset? No, no you don’t. They offer more PCIe for expansion and then they plain don’t get used! Intel locks overclocking behind a Z, but like you’re going to get much more out of whatever trash Intel’s throwing out today.
An AM5 B850 chipset on a board with decent VRMs gets you everything you’re going to need for almost everyone.
TheReturnOfAnAbort
It’s probably because sales of motherboards for custom PCs are decreasing, it’s very much an enthusiast hobby. Custom PCs are pretty much a luxury compared to the major pc manufacturers, consoles, phones, tablets, aio, laptops, and more.
Cee_U_Next_Tuesday
Remember when everything wasn’t computer?
Now it’s all computer! Price of all computer go up!
Revoldt
I just want to NOT pay $200+ just to have a fucking debug LED…
(Even better with the Hex debug… but that super special feature that costs like 30c is only found on $350+ mobos…)
Strostkovy
I think CPUs will start to include on chip DRAM and low end motherboards will exist with no ram slots. It will be the new standard for the lower end.
You’ll get your CPU/GPU/RAM on a socket that just needs power and a video/audio/USB driver IC on the motherboard. PCIE and RAM slots are optional.
Great_White_Samurai
PC building is becoming out of reach for the average person. I’ve been building for two decades and I’m considering getting a PS when my current rig dies. The prices are beyond stupid and the upgrades between generations have been incremental.
Duel gigabit ethernet, WiFi, debug code display, two full 16x pcie channels, built in 5.1 sound.
It was right at the top end, the only drawback was it was hugely expensive for the time. I paid about £150
Mangumm_PL
yeah, I have ITX board from like 2017 and I paid like 130€ in Poland, that was a steal but not for me
exFAT_James
Had an EVGA P55 Classified 200 I believe. Wicked 7 pci-e 16x slot board with some Nvidia Chipset and Crossfire support. Board had 3 physical BIOS and one was removable my hand. Built in multimeter jack on the mobo. I LOVED that board for my i7 875k I OC’d ot 4.2 then later 4.5.
Was a $200 CAD refurb and lasted me years. Sold it to a friend of a friend who used it for years.
By far, my favorite Motherboard.
4090 600w still my fav GPU, but back then, I had 3 7970s Crossfire on that board.
Boards today are STUPID expensive. Still on my 2019 Gigabyte board, have all the features I need and added more USB-C and networking. Server board in my blade is from around that period and still kicking too, but thats I think Foxconn, whatever Dell EMC uses.
I will say, I haven’t had a personal motherboard failure in over a decade…
kawalerkw
No?
Haqgun
I look forward to the day a manufacturer has the balls to give us a reasonably priced mobo with a rotated socket, 2 dimm slots, more than 2 m2 slots and decent rear io
It sucks having all the good looking mobos be $450+
91xela
I can believe I paid $300 for my MOBO MSI X870E tomahawk
yeah_it_was_personal
Far as I’m concerned, a MOBO was never supposed to run you more than $100. Maybe $150 if you wanted to ball out on something to show off at LAN. But that’s it.
Andis-x
It’s because of DDR5 and PCIe 5.0.
Signaling of those interfaces requires PCBs to be made with more expensive materials in more expensive technology.
navagon
Problem is that there is now quire a profound difference between a cheap and pricey motherboard. Used to be that if the sockets supported your intended components then that’s all that mattered.
Natural_Ad1530
We have such advanced technologies and they still refuse to make a motherboard with post display at least for those in the mid price.
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Still are. Nicer than ever, too. The last board I bought felt luxurious compared to what I am used to – the heft and the built in backplate was very, very nice.
Boards!? Let’s not mention GPUS…
I bought a Z270 motherboard in 2017. I believe it was 130€ and that felt insanely expensive. Now 130€ is in the budget class.
Feature creep is a bitch
Reasonably priced anything would be nice now a days can’t build with new parts without going broke
I was actually just looking at them today and it’s kinda crazy. I got an ASUS pro art X670E awhile back for $350 I think? Mostly cause I was shocked I could get 10 gb for that price. I’ve decided I’m gonna let that thing ride until AM5 meets its end.
I got my MSI Z890 Gaming Plus Wifi for 200 euros. Not a bad mobo at all, serving me great and it has all the features I need. Also the boot screen with the dragon is just awesome.
And I know you can buy Z890 mobo’s for 150-170 euros so its not bad. And B850 mobo’s for even less.
I’m up to my eyeballs in USB ports and I don’t know why.
Who uses all these?
more cost less useful features. I really miss when 7 segment LED’s for error codes were popular, those were the days.
bruh u just arent looking
[https://pcpartpicker.com/product/QtnXsY/asus-b650e-max-gaming-wifi-w-atx-am5-motherboard-b650e-max-gaming-wifi-w](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/QtnXsY/asus-b650e-max-gaming-wifi-w-atx-am5-motherboard-b650e-max-gaming-wifi-w) good chipset mroe than reasonable $150
if you wait for sale you can find good motherboards $100 all the time.
yesterday woot had b650 atx gigabyte $110 for 2 days straight
i can always find motherboards on sale for $100 that are quality. intel z790 or z690 ect.
I just updated my sons rig to something like this: [https://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboDealDetails?ItemList=Combo.4796960](https://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboDealDetails?ItemList=Combo.4796960)
I thought that was pretty reasonable even by standards from several years ago.
I think what you’re wanting is top of the line for half price.
I paid 50€ for my 7950x3d motherboard, I may have less USB ports and less PCI-E slots, but still don’t understand why people who pay 200+ for a motherboard. There are options.
ASUS
Forget reasonably priced, what about a reasonable amount of PCIE lanes? What ever happened to that?
I remember in 2015 i got a Z97 Msi gaming 5 for just over £100
Had a 7 segment debug display, decent VRM, stable support for DDR3 2400MHz and plenty of Sata Expansion
They still are.
It’s just that many people buy a motherboard they plain don’t need. Do you need a Z or an X chipset? No, no you don’t. They offer more PCIe for expansion and then they plain don’t get used! Intel locks overclocking behind a Z, but like you’re going to get much more out of whatever trash Intel’s throwing out today.
An AM5 B850 chipset on a board with decent VRMs gets you everything you’re going to need for almost everyone.
It’s probably because sales of motherboards for custom PCs are decreasing, it’s very much an enthusiast hobby. Custom PCs are pretty much a luxury compared to the major pc manufacturers, consoles, phones, tablets, aio, laptops, and more.
Remember when everything wasn’t computer?
Now it’s all computer! Price of all computer go up!
I just want to NOT pay $200+ just to have a fucking debug LED…
(Even better with the Hex debug… but that super special feature that costs like 30c is only found on $350+ mobos…)
I think CPUs will start to include on chip DRAM and low end motherboards will exist with no ram slots. It will be the new standard for the lower end.
You’ll get your CPU/GPU/RAM on a socket that just needs power and a video/audio/USB driver IC on the motherboard. PCIE and RAM slots are optional.
PC building is becoming out of reach for the average person. I’ve been building for two decades and I’m considering getting a PS when my current rig dies. The prices are beyond stupid and the upgrades between generations have been incremental.
My motherboard for my first build was an [ABIT IN9 32x max wifi](https://m.hexus.net/tech/reviews/mainboard/9401-abit-in9-32x-max-wifi/?page=2).
Duel gigabit ethernet, WiFi, debug code display, two full 16x pcie channels, built in 5.1 sound.
It was right at the top end, the only drawback was it was hugely expensive for the time. I paid about £150
yeah, I have ITX board from like 2017 and I paid like 130€ in Poland, that was a steal but not for me
Had an EVGA P55 Classified 200 I believe. Wicked 7 pci-e 16x slot board with some Nvidia Chipset and Crossfire support. Board had 3 physical BIOS and one was removable my hand. Built in multimeter jack on the mobo. I LOVED that board for my i7 875k I OC’d ot 4.2 then later 4.5.
Was a $200 CAD refurb and lasted me years. Sold it to a friend of a friend who used it for years.
By far, my favorite Motherboard.
4090 600w still my fav GPU, but back then, I had 3 7970s Crossfire on that board.
Boards today are STUPID expensive. Still on my 2019 Gigabyte board, have all the features I need and added more USB-C and networking. Server board in my blade is from around that period and still kicking too, but thats I think Foxconn, whatever Dell EMC uses.
I will say, I haven’t had a personal motherboard failure in over a decade…
No?
I look forward to the day a manufacturer has the balls to give us a reasonably priced mobo with a rotated socket, 2 dimm slots, more than 2 m2 slots and decent rear io
It sucks having all the good looking mobos be $450+
I can believe I paid $300 for my MOBO MSI X870E tomahawk
Far as I’m concerned, a MOBO was never supposed to run you more than $100. Maybe $150 if you wanted to ball out on something to show off at LAN. But that’s it.
It’s because of DDR5 and PCIe 5.0.
Signaling of those interfaces requires PCBs to be made with more expensive materials in more expensive technology.
Problem is that there is now quire a profound difference between a cheap and pricey motherboard. Used to be that if the sockets supported your intended components then that’s all that mattered.
We have such advanced technologies and they still refuse to make a motherboard with post display at least for those in the mid price.