Motherboard sales 'collapse' by more than 25% 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 numbers
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Fewer people are buying parts and building new PCs from scratch.
  • DigDoug@lemmy.worldEnglish
    12·
    5 hours ago

    Motherboards were already way too goddamn expensive, anyway.

    About a year ago I was considering upgrading my AM4 PC to AM5. The rock-bottom cheapest motherboards were only slightly cheaper than the relatively high-end one I got 5-ish years ago. I decided to stick with my current PC.