Are motherboards getting expensive? Asus maximus hero z370 vs asus rog strix x570f

[The Torrent]

A year ago a z370 asus maximus hero was considered a bossman board at £220.

 

now for a Ryzen https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/product/cqsnTW/asus-rog-strix-x570-f-gaming-atx-am4-motherboard-rog-strix-x570-f-gaming

 

this is a ‘decent’ board I’m told at £260

 

so I’m asking here, compare the boards, what does this X570 have (apart from pci4 support etc, which is just new) that the hero doesn’t. Is it better quality? Etc.

 

or is the maximus  etter but just because it’s amd X570 chipset is just more.

[Dabombinable]

1 minute ago, The Torrent said:

A year ago a z370 asus maximus hero was considered a bossman board at £220.

 

now for a Ryzen https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/product/cqsnTW/asus-rog-strix-x570-f-gaming-atx-am4-motherboard-rog-strix-x570-f-gaming

 

this is a ‘decent’ board I’m told at £260

 

so I’m asking here, compare the boards, what does this X570 have (apart from pci4 support etc, which is just new) that the hero doesn’t. Is it better quality? Etc.

 

or is the maximus  etter but just because it’s amd X570 chipset is just more.

Well PCIe 4.0 and its requirements adds some cost. At least right now in its first generation.

[The Torrent]

I mean https://www.amazon.co.uk/Z390-AORUS-PRO-WIFI-Socket/dp/B07HS31GYB/ref=asc_df_B07J6762XD/?tag=googshopuk-21&linkCode=df0&hvadid=310739933748&hvpos=1o5&hvnetw=g&hvrand=11899548902525029894&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=t&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=1007212&hvtargid=pla-627027739637&th=1 has an infinity mirror and so much more rgb (ok rgb isn’t everything but still) for the same price, is X570 just super expensive?

[selecadm]

11 minutes ago, The Torrent said:

is X570 just super expensive?

Here in Russia, Gigabyte X570 Aorus Xtreme costs half a year federal minimum wage after taxes for a full-time job. One can work for 6 months, save all the money while having necessities covered by someone else, and earn enough money for X570 motherboard. That's what I call super expensive.

[The Torrent]

a year ago i was told ASUS TUF mobo's are shit cuz they have bad vrm's and all that

 

 

now they are over £200 whats going on?

[lostboy]

Canadian here. They're insanely expensive for what you get. That's why people are still grabbing B450s. 

 

 

[Master Disaster]

The expense is apparently because there was some difficulty in the development and manufacturing process of PCIe 4.0 which increased production costs significantly. That's the official version anyway, personally I think it's profiteering.