Motherboard sales are sharply declining as AI demand drives shortages and price hikes for memory, storage, CPUs, and other PC components. "Because of this, users who don't have deep pockets are putting off upgrading their PCs and holding on to their current devices longer."https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/motherboards/motherboard-sales-collapse-by-more-than-25-percent-as-chipmakers-strangle-enthusiast-pc-market-to-build-more-ai-chips-asus-projected-to-sell-5-million-fewer-boards-in-2025-gigabyte-msi-and-asrock-also-expected-to-see-reduced-sales-numbersAsus, which sold 15 million motherboards in 2025, has only shipped a little more than 5 million in the first half of 2026. It's expected that the company will have to push hard for it to even move 10 million units by the end of the year, marking a 33% decrease in sales year-on-year. Gigabyte and MSI sold 11.5 million and 11 million motherboards last year, respectively. However, both companies have revised their internal forecasts for 2026 to 9 million (Gigabyte) and 8.4 million (MSI), a 22% drop for the former and a 24% contraction for the latter.ASRock will be hardest hit by the situation, with the company's shipments projected to fall by 37%, from 4.3 million in 2025 to just 2.7 million by the end of the year. This marks a contraction of 28% for the overall motherboard market, at least for the big four manufacturers. [...] Aside from this, AMD continues to use the AM5 socket for its latest processors, while Intel's Nova Lake, which will reportedly use LGA 1954, isn't available until later this year. The situation is further compounded by Nvidia not releasing a refreshed RTX 50 Super series this year, while rumors claim that the RTX 60 series will not debut until 2028. This confluence of factors is discouraging PC builders from upgrading their current systems.
I just bought one though
>>534636450maybe don't post whores and someone will give a shit about your thread.
>>534636554every tiem
>>534636450just get AM5 or AM4 used. what's the problem?
>>534636450>they are not able to sell motherboardsI think you are missing the point.This is the general population in the West gradually being priced out of the PC market.
>>534636554The woman is correct to point that out. If it's implied that "all arguments with women" are like this, then only one not being like this proves the statement incorrect.
>>534636450destroy datacenters
>>534636554In the example the word "average" is used, so the woman's response doesn't make sense. But the tweet uses the word "all", so the reply makes sense.
>>534636450What is overpriced memory and low/no income for a thousand, Alex.
Intel can suck my nuts for releasing a new CPU socket every 6 months.
>>534636450A Samsung nvme drive I bought in 2024 for $120 bucks today costs $640. I have no idea how people are dealing with this shit.
>>534637199my gen 4 intel system still holds up like a champ. Not my problem lmao.
I guess the best option right now is to take advantage of the slump and pick up a couple AM5 mobos with X670 chipset on the cheap, then just shelve them and pray prices fall for memory and storage when the AI bubble pops.
>>534637199the ram sticks I bought for about $500 now costs about $2500.
>>534636450Who the fuck is gonna build a computer now with these retarded prices?
>>534637586>>534637612gen 4 intel is still ok but any AMD since year 2018 would be better
>>534637957I don't want to buy DDR4 memory for it.
>>534636450Hmmm ... wait ... motherboards??
>>534638235intel has cpus that are compatible with both ddr4 and ddr5, but amd doesn't.
>>534638235yeah thats a good point, DDR3 is cheap
>>534638434I have plenty of DDR3.>>534638437it was very cheap. Now not so much
I think a lot of these manufacturers are going to be forced to admit that they are aiding AI domination of the market. Nvidia is very happy to be making bank right now, but as soon as some cheap chinese chip comes out that can replace nvidia cards, the snakes that are AI tech companies will jump on the cheaper alternative. Leaving Nvidia and it's stock holders in the shit. Hopefully they don't entirely decimate the consumer electronics sector in the process.
>>534636450honestly i thought i fucked up upgrading my PC for starfield because it ended up sucking but now i realize it was probably my last chance to do so
normies dont give a fuck they earn 100k and VILL buy the ram
You don't have rights to a computer
she not very pretty, even though white. Rather have her than some black gorilla sheboon using coconut oil in her hair and car deodorizer on her armpits and crotch
>>534637612Im thinking this too but I already have 2 computers. One has a 4080 and the other is for my living room and has the AMD equivalent. I am a guy who has many spare computer parts because I love assembling them and having them. I might pick up a couple and just sit on them for a while. Also lol at people who don't have 256TB of M.2 storage
Also 128GB DDR4 because I got them both when ddr5 was too new
>>534636450The goal of AI is to destroy Internet - there is no point discussing anything online if everyone is a bot and you're literally wasting your time talking to a wall that doesn't care about anything you say and is designed to waste as much of your time as possible.It pretty much already succeeded at that since officially >50% of "users" on sites like Reddit are bots.Why? You know (((why))).
>>534645437I don't understand why the gen x and millennial nerds never propagated their knowledge to the zoomers but t b h I think I know the answer.
nvidia is bringing back the rtx 3060and amd is bringing back an x3d cpu for am4 socketscan't afford to build a mid-range gaming computer in 2026? why not build a mid-range gaming computer from 2021 in 2026?>will it be cheaper than it was in 2021nomoreat least its the 12gb 3060will probably be the best deal available
>>534642753These are fake chips set to report themselves as 8gb, right?
