Motherboard pricing

[The321]

Second hand items are always very cheap like core 2 duo etc.  While cpus and gpus lower alot in price over the years why are the old motherboards still soo expensive ?  

[Catsrules]

I don't really know for sure but I would guess this has to do with supply and demand.

 

There are only a few models of core 2 duo cpus but there is basically hundreds if that thousands different models of motherboards some may be a custom OEM motherboard that won't work in a third party case or has a weird custom power supply connection. Also motherboard are more likely to die or break compared to a  CPU.

[mad dudy]

mobo's might just break faster then cpu/gpu and would be harder to find a replacement. odds are you can keep the cpu and just replace the gpu for a newer one if your just gaming. so gpu will get resold while rest of the rig and kept.