The Twitter user @momomo_us has very good sources and always gets their leaks correctly. In this case the news we bring will not be well received by Intel enthusiasts. It seems that Intel’s Z490 motherboards will have a rather high price. We don’t know the real reason for this, but we’ll tell you everything below.
The Z490 motherboards will have a striking price
Badly hit, because the cheapest copy may cost a little less than 200 euros. We understand that Intel’s enthusiastic chipset has always had its price, but with AMD’s “squeezing” many have criticized this leak. This news is known to @momomo_us, a Twitter user known for filtering important advances.
As we can see in the tweet picture, it seems to be MSI motherboards, which usually have an attractive price. These numbers can be very bad news as ASUS or GIGABYTE have higher prices. This revives the controversy we see in the Twitter feed itself.
However, let’s approach the issue with common sense: Motherboards with X570 AMD chipsets have a similar price. That is, the cheapest ones are worth no less than 180 euros, but it’s true that they come with PCIe 4.0 support (AMD’s reason for this price).
The problem here is that to overclock at Intel, you have to use the higher chipset. This is not the case with AMD, as you can choose this functionality with a B450 board, whose price drops dramatically. Likewise, we can’t compare a B450 with an X570 because they play in different leagues.