What cost more to produce?

[DaMulta]

Which cost more to produce?

[cdawall]

the mobo? it has more parts to i and they make less of them

[ghost101]

Its not a coincidence that CPU's tend to cost more than motherboards.

[W1zzard]

mobo .. that is not factoring in processor maker's r&d costs

[ghost101]

mobo .. that is not factoring in processor maker's r&d costs

But why would you ignore it?

[DaMulta]

I wonder how much goes in to R and D in motherboards comparied to CPUs.

[W1zzard]

I wonder how much goes in to R and D in motherboards comparied to CPUs.

not much .. cpus are billions .. motherboards are maybe a million, if even that much.

you get reference designs for most platforms and customize those for your needs

a silicon fab costs several billion, a top tier board making plant in the 500M region

[stevorob]

CPUs. I would always factor in the R&D costs as it was a part of the production of the chip.

[v-zero]

CPUs, duh! Who in fu*k voted Motherboards?

[POGE]

All you have to do to make and produce a motherboard is design a pcb, order a chipset, and mass produce it.

[xman2007]

so do we see poge mobos on the production line soon :roll: