I'm sure it doesn't help that motherboard manufacturers have increasingly been targeting "whale" consumers over the last 10-15 years. I remember when a top of the line motherboard would cost you $300; and an average board was around $100-150.

Nothing lasts forever. Even this.

Or gpu prices or hdd/ssd prices that never recovered from the tsunami. Consumers just keep getting fucked.

Our economy increasingly is consumed to serve the rich. They are eating the world. Grocery stores increasingly cater to the wealthy. So do the automakers. Billionaires are buying up whole city blocks for themselves. And now we won't be able to buy electronics because they've taken the resources for their speculative investments, and if they crash the economy our tax dollars will be appropriated to bail them out. It's almost like we're barreling towards a violent confrontation between the classes...

This is hilarious. Intel after many years finally fixed their manufacturing process, but won't be able to sell chips because of memory crunch

Honestly, probably a buy opportunity for good ddr5 motherboards. When the bubble bursts then you can buy the ram for pennies.