That would be a markup solely for the hell of it. Given the lack of MC and northbridge in the 'northbridge' chip I don't think they'll be much more expensive to manufacture than current boards.

Why would they put an artificially high price on the boards when we can plainly see that they decided to forego doing so on the CPUs? That's just illogical.

I'm still wondering why they don't just price these out of range and sell Yorkies instead, it's not like AMD is going to pull another rabbit out of their hat any time soon the next two years.. Not that I mind of course, this will be sweet! But I think it's curious. :p