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Originally Posted by 5ILVgeARX  People are pretty much paying for the PCIE lanes. |
I was about to say this.. ah well.
Price jumps when people want 3-4 16x PCIE slots.. most motherboards have similar components and chipsets - even $100 boards can have usb3 / sata3.
The only other things higher price boards could have is onboard RAID, more sata connections and bells-and-whistles like oc tuner cards, voltage test connections and bigger chipset/vrm heatsinks.