Slightly deeper pockets will soon be required if a new motherboard is on the shopping list. It’s been said that motherboard vendors will be looking to increase prices on their boards by as much as 10% in the very near future, potentially as early as the end of this quarter.
The reason for the hike is said to be a result of increasing costs on certain raw materials (primarily copper) and also rising labor costs in China. We’ve already seen motherboard prices rise by 5 to 10% at the beginning of 2011 for similar reasons, then again another 3 to 8% rise in April as a result of increased costs on certain components after the Earthquake disaster in Japan a month prior.
Apparently ASUS has confirmed plans to increase its motherboard prices by about 10% and one would assume that other vendors will be following suit either at the same time or soon after. Although with that said, GIGABYTE has responded to VR-Zone on the subject with denial of any price increasing to be taking place on their boards anytime soon.
Nonetheless, ASUS is expecting its motherboard shipments to increase by 10% within this first quarter and GIGABYTE have even higher expectations of 20%.
Source: Digitimes
KitGuru says: No wonder expectations on Q1 shipments are expected to rise if word of this spreads far and wide enough.
Grab your new motherboard now, before the price hikes hit,
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May 22, 2012
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[...] and RAM are both more expensive than they used to be. The former is due to increases in the cost of copper and Chinese labour, while the latter is due to Elpida going bankrupt. You can't blame it all on HDDs. [...]