discussion Asus 20th anniversary motherboard

[Jokester]

Look great imo. Might have to get one if they dont just get scalped.

ASUS Officially Reveals Retro-Styled ROG Crosshair 2006 Anniversary Motherboard

ASUS Republic of Gamers has officially introduced the ROG Crosshair 2006, a special-edition enthusiast motherboard celebrating 20 years of the ROG brand. Based on the existing Crosshair X870E Dark Hero platform, the new model combines modern AM5 flagship hardware with styling inspired by the...

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[lowfat]

$1100 is about 4x what I'll pay for mobo lol.

 

[Cannon Fodder]

DANG, did it actually say $1100 in the article!? I kinda skimmed it real quick, to see if that was mentioned, but must've overlooked that..... in any case, yeah, although I agree with Jokester that it looks pretty good, there's not a chance in hell I'd be plunkin' down that kind of cash on a motherboard, ESPECIALLY when it takes way too much cash for other important parts(RAM, storage, GPU, etc.)!

 

[lowfat]

DANG, did it actually say $1100 in the article!? I kinda skimmed it real quick, to see if that was mentioned, but must've overlooked that..... in any case, yeah, although I agree with Jokester that it looks pretty good, there's not a chance in hell I'd be plunkin' down that kind of cash on a motherboard, ESPECIALLY when it takes way too much cash for other important parts(RAM, storage, GPU, etc.)!

I believe it $800USD. Not sure if it was in this article or not.

 

[Shadowarez]

cant forget the overpriced asus ram to go with it from 6000 mhz to 8000 mhz with xmp/docp profiles.

 

[Jokester]

$1100 is about 4x what I'll pay for mobo lol.

ROG tax plus anniversary tax $$$$$

 

[Shadowarez]

ROG tax plus anniversary tax $$$$$

thats it the ROG Extreme Board was $1500 and DOA

 

[crazyea]

Asus tax, gigabyte tax, msi tax, etc etc etc.

Same old same old here.

This is an anniversary item and it’s not really that much more than a dark hero. You want cheap? Get b650 then.