-.- (blarg.delete@this.mailinator.com) on May 27, 2022 8:30 pm wrote:
> Adrian (a.delete@this.acm.org) on May 27, 2022 5:11 am wrote:
> > The W680 motherboards have just been announced during the
> > last 1-2 months, so I do not expect that they will
> > become easy to find before the autumn, but eventually they should be easily available in online shops.
>
> It was launched early March, so basically 3 months ago.
>
> The examples you gave all market themselves as server-class boards, so likely low
> retail availability, high prices and a small selection in terms of functionality.
>
> We'll have to see how availability pans out over time, but to me, this is still essentially
> a server product, with the only difference being that you don't need a Xeon this time (and
> the price premium probably being shifted over onto the chipset rather than the processor).

For Xeon-E3/Xeon-E price premium never was in processor.
Especially, considering that with exception of one generation (Ivy Bridge) you had an option of using cheap Core i3 instead of [also inexpensive] E3/E.