Why is this board so expensive?

I was looking thru the classies, and saw a giga ud9 for sale for 525, I dam near choked when I saw that. I checked it out on newegg, and the thing lists for 650!

650!!!!

WHY?

How can a motherboard be worth that much money, I mean cmon! Its a motherboard! I have a giga, and really.. I dont think its very good.. I understand we are talking 2 completely different boards..

I think now that overclocking has become sooo mainstream, manufacturers are rapeing us all.

650 for a mobo! LOL

Pardon my ignorance, I am now makeing my way back into the scene, Im not familiar with anything new

One of the few boards that can run 4 GPUs at 16x, massive power setup for extreme overclocking. Completely worthless for an everyday gamer, absolutely invaluable for a bencher looking to break a world 3D record.

xokeman said:

One of the few boards that can run 4 GPUs at 16x, massive power setup for extreme overclocking. Completely worthless for an everyday gamer, absolutely invaluable for a bencher looking to break a world 3D record.

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+1

Thanks!

Thats exactly what I needed to hear

So this is the bada** board to have these days eh?

So Asus is done for these days?

I was such an Asus fanboy, I have no loyaltys now tho heheh.

Hm.

Actually Asus is on top of their game. Their mobos are regarded as one of the best too.

Google eVGA SR-2, that's a bad mother shut you mouth

freeagent said:

So Asus is done for these days?

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Doubt it.. They have the Rampage III and now came out with the Rampage III Extreme... And also have the P6T7 WS

That GB seems like a monster though.... Way overkill for regular gamers... And I wonder if taking that thing under LN2 and risking killing it would be a smart thing given the price.

That's what it's designed for, to not put it under LN2 is a waste. It's built, voltage wise, for withstanding that sort of thing.