$1299 for P5K3 Premium/WiFi-AP w/onboard memory??

[Speederlander]

At this stage we believe the MSRP (Manufacturer's Suggested Retail Price) is set at $1299 US (Initially believe to be $499) giving the P5K3 Premium yet another claim to fame. This makes the P5K3 Premium the most expensive desktop motherboard to ever be released, a title previously held by the ASUS Striker Extreme motherboard which began life at $400 US.

http://legionhardware.com/document.php?id=669

WTF!

[Zytek_Fan]

Oh dear god.

Nobody was going to get one in the first place, and whoever was, definitely won't now.

[IKIKUINTHENUTZ]

So if you get this, your stuck with 2gb forever? no thanks

[p8ntslinger676]

So if you get this, your stuck with 2gb forever? no thanks

you just hit the nail on the head

[Speederlander]

So if you get this, your stuck with 2gb forever? no thanks

I really don't think the 2 gb limit is the biggest problem any more.

[FghtinIrshNvrDi]

this is retarded.

Ryan

[[cTx] Nooc]

for that price I would AT LEAST expect to see 4gigs of highest rated DDR3 and the whole mobo Thermalrighted (yes thats a verb now)

there will be a market for this thing, but I don't see a place for it in a serious OC community. this thing is just toys and bling, but no real business.

[Zytek_Fan]

And the award for 2007's biggest crock of hardware goes to...

The Asus P5K3 Premium!

[TuKo]

With this price, I hope a QX6850 is bundled with...

[enz660]

for that price I would AT LEAST expect to see 4gigs of highest rated DDR3 and the whole mobo Thermalrighted (yes thats a verb now)

there will be a market for this thing, but I don't see a place for it in a serious OC community. this thing is just toys and bling, but no real business.

agreed, either that or a built in cpu

[Ashraf]

Oh my! I am definitely going to buy it!

[xlink]

that's the cost of an entire system...

[saaya]

2gb ddr3 400$
p5k3 250$

p5k3 + 2gb ddr3 650$ errr 1300$

2x the price... coincidence?

[Warship]

2gb ddr3 400$
p5k3 250$

p5k3 + 2gb ddr3 650$ errr 1300$

2x the price... coincidence?

Oh no it ain't, they figure that if you're gonna buy soldered on memory, you're atleast twice as stupid as their regular customers alas you should pay atleast twice as much.

[Soulburner]

Needs to have CPU and VGA soldered in too for that price.

[Tulatin]

and the best part? How many users are going to get ONE dead DDR3 IC? I mean FFS. Asus is a purveyor of first, a mobo manufacturer second. They never have - and NEVER should be a purveyor of memory.

EDIT: WORSE! Yet http://www.legionhardware.com/pic.ph...m/Image_28.jpg HALF ThE ING RAM IS LEFT UNCOOLED! in an area that NEVER gets airflow. Is ASUS begging for RMAs of their $1300 joke?

Double edit:

http://www.legionhardware.com/pic.ph...m/Image_32.jpg My bad. It has a small passive sink. That'll end well.

[Micutzu]

This makes the P5K3 Premium the most expensive desktop motherboard to ever be released, a title previously held by the ASUS Striker Extreme motherboard which began life at $400 US.

They forgot about the EVGA 680i SLI Black Pearl that retails at about $700 .

[OBR]

Here in Prague - Europe costs 833 EUR - 1160 USD!

Saaya - 1600MHz DDR3 cant to buy for 400 USD! Maybe cheapest 1333MHz Kingston without heatspreader!

[dinos22]

fantastic

why not attempt to get US$2000 out of the combo and start bundling a graphics card and charge US$5000

i'm sure there will be a moron or two that will buy it

[saaya]

Here in Prague - Europe costs 833 EUR - 1160 USD!

Saaya - 1600MHz DDR3 cant to buy for 400 USD! Maybe cheapest 1333MHz Kingston without heatspreader!

true, you pay 600$ for that and not 400, but then you get micron which can do 2ghz+...

[XeRo]

so when newegg gets it, I just add 800 to the price to get final price.

[shimmishim]

so when newegg gets it, I just add 800 to the price to get final price.

$80?

try like $200.

they always price gouge at release.

[naokaji]

They forgot about the EVGA 680i SLI Black Pearl that retails at about $700 .

$80?

try like $200.

they always price gouge at release.

thats what many shops do if they among the first to receive a product.

anyway... i would never buy that mainboard anyway... 1,2k$ is just too freaking retarded

[Chewbenator]

Considering you could get a Quad Core 8800GTX system for that kind of money NO THANK YOU!

[coffeetime]

http://www.digitimes.com/mobos/a20070726PB209.html

Asustek Computer is planning to adjust its own-brand product outsourcing strategy after it completes the spin-off of its own-brand and contract manufacturing divisions on January 1, 2008, according to a Chinese-language Economic Daily New (EDN) report, which cited the company. Quanta may become the first OEM for Asustek's own-brand notebook, while Asustek is also considering outsourcing own-brand motherboards to Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry), noted the paper.

Due to the large volumes in the motherboard business, Asustek normally outsources 20-30% of motherboard production during the peak season, said the paper. The possible outsourcing of motherboard production to Foxconn, therefore, should not immediately hurt the performance of Asustek's spin-off Pegatron Technology, added the paper.