Epox 8K7A+ (raid) ... some bad news on prices

[e_storm]

It looks like a lot of people including myself are looking at getting this board because of some of the great reviews. I have seen questions about the raid version of the board (availability, price, etc..).

Some of you might know this already, but the 8K7A is the non-raid one, and the 8K7A+ is the raid version. The 8K7A is the one on pricewatch, as people have already pointed out. The raid version seems a little more difficult to get a hold of. You can get it on the Epox website here: http://www.epox.com/html/english/purchase/online.htm , but here comes the bad part... its $179.

Many of you might already know this, but I haven't seen anything on the forum to indicate how to get this board and that it's so much money. I've never bought a raid board before... maybe this is a fair price?... but it seems a little steep to me.

Hope this helped out some of you in the same boat as me.

 

[DaMaDo]

yeah I searched on altavista and some other store says they are getting it mid june for the same price.....hell I was about to get a P4 system whose motherboard costs $209 so I guess this is still cheaper for me =)

 

[Len]

I wouldn't be surprised if the raid version dropped in price after a short while. It doesn't make sense that it would be so much more ($45) than the non-raid version.

 

[e_storm]

How long do you think it might take to drop? couple months?

 

[Len]

I have no idea. I was just speculating on the price drop based on the fact the raid version seems too much higher than the non-raid version. It may never drop in price. You never really can tell what's going to happen with these things.