Early X670E motherboard pricing looks totally wild

pcgamer.com:

Early pricing for AMD's upcoming X670E and X670 motherboards briefly appeared on a German reseller's site suggesting that upgrading to Zen 4 is going to be a very costly affair. This was already expected to some extent due to the shift to DDR5 and the fact that the first motherboard chipsets are high-end offerings.

If the pricing for the Asus motherboards on the site are real, you're looking at paying up to €1,475 ($1,499) for the top Asus ROG Crosshair X670E Extreme(opens in new tab) motherboard and €483 ($490) for the most affordable Asus Prime X670-P offering. Gulp.

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This pricing was spotted by eagle-eyed hardware leaker @momomo_us(opens in new tab), who posted a shot of the listings on ipc-computer.de(opens in new tab) on Twitter. These listings have since been taken down, which could suggest the pricing is correct, although it's not a given either way. 

This is just one reseller of course, and the pricing could change when the boards are officially released. More info on Zen 4 and the AM5 platform is expected on August 29 with a livestream(opens in new tab), and we'd assume that this is when we'll get the official launch date. Hopefully, we'll get some official pricing at that time too.

AMD recently showed off some of the AM5 motherboards(opens in new tab) that are on the way, focusing on the high-end offerings from Asrock, Asus, Gigabyte, and MSI. This included the Asus ROG Crosshair X670E Extreme, which does have an impressive feature list, although I'm not convinced it can really justify that $1,499 price tag. Even so, it's the fact that the most affordable board is so expensive that is more shocking. 

If you're wondering about the difference in the core chipset