Asus ROG Maximus Z790 Dark Hero
A dollar too far?
It’s less about overclocking, and more about clocking in extra overtime…
THIS IS A $700 motherboard. $700 of PCB and interconnects. For context, that’s $125 more than an Intel Core i9-14900K, or the exact cost of an RTX 4070. Crazy.
What’s alarming about that fact is that it’s not even close to being the most expensive Z790 board out there. Nope—that’s a title reserved for MSI’s eye-watering Godlike and Godlike Max boards, which both clock in at an incredible $1,200. In fact, there’s a total of four other boards that pip the Dark Hero on the price front. Why, all of a sudden, do we have motherboard lines landing with prices akin to that of a first-time car? And better yet, who’s buying them?