Overclockers' Workbench bericht dat de prijzen voor ZX en BX chipsets omhoog zullen gaan, met als logisch gevolg een stijgende prijs voor moederplanken die gebruik maken van deze chips. De oorzaak ligt zoals altijd weer (deels) bij Intel, die liever ziet dat we i810 chipsets gaan gebruiken:
Intel is promoting their i810 chipsets and reducing the BX/ZX chipsets to manufacturers, and due to lack of ZX and BX chipsets and the recent earthquake in Taiwan, there is a lack of component for mainboards. Mainboard manufacturers Gigabyte, Microstar and ASUS has plans to raise the pricing of their mainboards from October onwards.This is not the first raise in pricing. In Aug, it was raised by US$2 and in Sept by US$5. The earthquake affected the semiconductor industry tremendously and this will definitely lead to much jacking of mainboard pricings in October onwards.
So if you haven't buy your mainboard, buy it now!
