Friday, February 3rd 2012
PC Motherboard Prices to Rise By 10% By Q2, 2012
Responding to increasing prices of key raw materials such as copper, and spiraling labor costs, motherboard manufacturers are planning price-hikes of their products by as much as 10%, which will take effect by the end of Q1, 2012. Vendors adopting these increased prices include major players such as ASUS and Gigabyte. Motherboard prices were earlier raised by 5-10% in early-2011 to tune in with increased material costs and the impact of labor shortages, and by 3-8% in April 2011 due to shortages and increased prices of components sourced from Japan, in the wake of the earthquake/tsunami disaster of 2011.
Source:
DigiTimes
37 Comments on PC Motherboard Prices to Rise By 10% By Q2, 2012
:roll:
j/k.
I'm saving my cash for serious buys ahead, but...I'm only a technical analyst with 30 years experience...what do I know.
Best,
Liquid Cool
I promised a good friend of mind that I'll help him build a decent gaming PC for him this year, which would be slightly similar to mine. This won't bode well for him.
bronze, messing, tin, lead, iron, aluminum, silver, diamond, chrome,
I'm tellin' ya they're trying to raise fund's to pay for those 2012 rescue ship ticket's!! Everything has gotten much more expensive over the last year year and a half, my income hasn't changed though :cry: