Any word on ASRock's attempts to lower the price of MXM cards?

[warfreak131]

I fell in love with the Deskmini GTX when I first saw it. And the obvious hitch here is the price. The GTX 1060 version costs $800. A similarly spec'd computer (mobo + GPU + case + PSU) is only about $500.

In this article https://smallformfactor.net/news/asrock-micro-stx-updates-gtx-1080-working it said that ASRock is working with TUL and Aetina to lower prices. Is there anything on the horizon for this? Any updates?

 

[slimjim]

A similarly spec'd computer (mobo + GPU + case + PSU) is only about $500.

ahem

https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814133631

 

[Josh | NFC]

I fell in love with the Deskmini GTX when I first saw it. And the obvious hitch here is the price. The GTX 1060 version costs $800. A similarly spec'd computer (mobo + GPU + case + PSU) is only about $500.

In this article https://smallformfactor.net/news/asrock-micro-stx-updates-gtx-1080-working it said that ASRock is working with TUL and Aetina to lower prices. Is there anything on the horizon for this? Any updates?

I'll just leave this here:

 

[zovc]

So what you're saying is... it's actually more affordable to build a STX system right now...?

 

[Kmpkt]

Also there is a promo on Newegg where you get an I5-7400 bundled with the Deskmini for 799:

https://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboBundleDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.3728236

So that is an Intel i5-7400 which costs 189.99 presently:

https://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod...731&cm_re=Core_i5-7400-_-19-117-731-_-Product

If you consider the motherboard to be equal in cost to AsRock's Fatal1ty Z270 which is retailing for 148.99 presently:

https://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod...m_re=Z270_Fatal1ty_ITX-_-13-157-752-_-Product

The FSP 220W brick from FSP that ships with the unit is worth another 89.99

https://www.ebay.ca/itm/220W-AC-Ada...-X8102-010-DC-Power-Supply-Cord-/351549007174

And say that the case which is quite nice is worth 49.99 USD you're looking at the following math:


799.99
- 189.99
- 148.99
- 89.99
- 49.99
------------
321.00 USD for the GTX 1060 6GB sounds like an absolute steal to me. Also consider that these are better than average chips binned for efficiency making this an even more attractive proposition. Lowest desktop card with this configuration on Newegg is 449.99 right now:

https://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=100007709 601205646 600358543&IsNodeId=1&bop=And&Order=PRICE&PageSize=36

In other words, hurry up and pull the trigger already, @ASRock System is effectively paying you 130 USD to take this system off their hands!

 

[jtd871]

WOW. I got my 1060 SSC for like $260 about a year ago...

 

[zovc]

WOW. I got my 1060 SSC for like $260 about a year ago...

Maybe you should consider flipping it.

 

[Kmpkt]

Used cards are currently going for 200-250, so at best you'd get your money back (which isn't terrible).

 

[SeñorDonut]

ahem

https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814133631

I'll just leave this here:

Some of these are literally 3 time what I paid for mine... new.

 

[Kmpkt]

Hopefully (very much hopefully as I hate filthy fucking miners) the fact that Bitcoin has shed nearly fifty percent of its value in the past month will flood the market with high quality used cards. I am also hoping it kills demand for new cards before Nvidia's next round of cards, as well as significantly reducing demand for the memory on which those cards depend. A guy can hope, can't he?

 

[VegetableStu]

WOW. I got my 1060 SSC for like $260 about a year ago...

whoa, ditto (i think) O_O

 

[EdZ]

In this article https://smallformfactor.net/news/asrock-micro-stx-updates-gtx-1080-working it said that ASRock is working with TUL and Aetina to lower prices. Is there anything on the horizon for this? Any updates?

The GTX 1060 MXM module mentioned in the article is the first fruit of this, using a desktop grade 1060 die rather than the 'mobile 1060' binned dies (needed to drop the TDP down to 75W). That's not something that would be created if laptops were the only market for MXM GPUs.

 

[Kmpkt]

Spec for the MXM slot is actually something like 240W which means you can get anything south of a 1080ti desktop chip on there at full capacity provided you can cool it.

 

[zovc]

I may have zeroed in on a nutty deal for a MXM card... is there any way to use it with an ITX system? I'd really like to go with AMD for my CPU and there doesn't seem to be any STX options for AM4.

 

[jØrd]

I may have zeroed in on a nutty deal for a MXM card... is there any way to use it with an ITX system?

Adapter cards do exist, nfi how easy they are to source or how well they work, etc

 

[slimjim]

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Adapter cards do exist, nfi how easy they are to source or how well they work, etc

what am i looking at here ?

 

[cleveland]

Hopefully (very much hopefully as I hate filthy fucking miners) the fact that Bitcoin has shed nearly fifty percent of its value in the past month will flood the market with high quality used cards. I am also hoping it kills demand for new cards before Nvidia's next round of cards, as well as significantly reducing demand for the memory on which those cards depend. A guy can hope, can't he?

Bitcoin is one of more than ten thousand cryptocurrencies available today, all around the world. For sure it's one of the most - if not the top most - important altcoin, in terms of representativity, but a lot of others are rising quickly.

The bitcoin deep diving is one huge opportunity for other cryptocurrencies to skyrocket, as well as for people massively invest on other altcoins mining.

I'm afraid to say the "GPU fever" looks far from over.

 

[EdZ]

Hopefully (very much hopefully as I hate filthy fucking miners) the fact that Bitcoin has shed nearly fifty percent of its value in the past month will flood the market with high quality used cards.

Bitcoin disappearing overnight would have no effect whatsoever on the mining market: Bitcoin has not been mined on GPUs for several years, only ASIC miners are sufficiently power-efficient to remain in operation.

 

[jØrd]

what am i looking at here ?

MXM -> PCIe adaptor cards, if you want to MXM on mITX...

EDIT: as for my sig, since you included that above your quote, squint real hard and its legible...

 

[owliwar]

I've read somewhere that china would be banning crypto currency at national level, not peer to peer transfer but those services that centralize the transactions. lets see what it will do with the market. here in brazil they're are running TV ads for cryptocurrency investment services.

That bubble will pop soon I hope. (not because I'm against cryptocurrency but the way it is now is really fucked up)

but that only makes mxm card right now even more valuable? I mean, its not going to start costing too much less.
in a 6 month or so, if you decide to sell it all you wont lose as much money as paying 500 on a 1060 if it goes back do 240