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Mobo Sales Worldwide Fall

by Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 09/08/2017 08:32 AM | source: | 13 comment(s)
Mobo Sales Worldwide Fall

The global motherboard shipments are going to reach 45 million units in 2017 and could drop further in 2018 as demand continues to be shrinking, according to sources from the upstream supply chain.

Worldwide brand motherboard shipments were 75 million units in 2013, but slipped below 50 million units in 2016 reports Digitimes today:

Since motherboard demand from China, which had been the main growth driver in the past few years, is dropping significantly, shipments are expected to remain in decline in 2017.

Gigabyte Technology is also expected to see its motherboard shipments drop below 13 million units in 2017. In addition to China's weakening demand, competition from Asustek has also grown fiercer, the sources noted.

However, Gigabyte is still expected to be able to keep its EPS at above NT$3 for 2017 thanks to rising sales from its graphics card business because of the cryptocurrency mining trend and server orders in the first half of the year. In the first three quarters of 2017, Gigabyte is expected to ship 3.4 million graphics cards, a level similar to that of the entire 2016.

Since Gigabyte is still in the process of reorganizing its business, and shadows have been cast over the cryptocurrency trend, the sources believe these issues could pose strong challenges to the company's operation in 2018.







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waltc3
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#5470473 Posted on: 09/08/2017 08:50 PM
Everyone is on point. High ram prices and no convincing reason to upgrade for most people especially gamers. Intel's mainstream 6-core should help kick start motherboard sales again since It looks like it needs a new socket.


If you are stuck with Intel atm and plan to switch motherboards, might as well go with AMD--traditionally, AMD gets far more use out its sockets than Intel has been able to achieve thus far. And I'd imagine that current Ryzen x370 boards will likely also support the next iteration of Ryzen--Ryzen 2. As far as socket longevity goes, AMD is the clear winner there, imo.

But I agree that overall there is a sharp uptick in non-Chinese sales (Western Europe and the US) which should bring in far more revenue than Chinese sales, I should think, even with a Chinese market drop off.

WareTernal
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#5470774 Posted on: 09/10/2017 06:09 AM
If you are stuck with Intel atm and plan to switch motherboards, might as well go with AMD...As far as socket longevity goes, AMD is the clear winner there, imo.


"Might as well go with AMD"?!?!?!? :eek: No thank you!

I don't care so much about socket longevity. I care about "useful life". Intel's 1155 socket has had a long useful life. No processor on AM2, AM2+, or AM3 was ever competitive.

All these people on the fast train to hype town remind me of the bad little boys in Pinocchio going to Pleasure Island. Anyone remember what happened to them?

As far as the declining sales - it isn't exactly news. It's been going on for a a decade. Intel stopped producing motherboards after Ivy Bridge for a reason. Did anyone that's not going to Pleasure Island actually think Ryzen was going to effect this trend?

Agonist
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#5470777 Posted on: 09/10/2017 08:08 AM
"Might as well go with AMD"?!?!?!? :eek: No thank you!

I don't care so much about socket longevity. I care about "useful life". Intel's 1155 socket has had a long useful life. No processor on AM2, AM2+, or AM3 was ever competitive.

All these people on the fast train to hype town remind me of the bad little boys in Pinocchio going to Pleasure Island. Anyone remember what happened to them?

As far as the declining sales - it isn't exactly news. It's been going on for a a decade. Intel stopped producing motherboards after Ivy Bridge for a reason. Did anyone that's not going to Pleasure Island actually think Ryzen was going to effect this trend?
The fanboy is real here..............

Jorge Nascimento
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#5470798 Posted on: 09/10/2017 10:52 AM
"Might as well go with AMD"?!?!?!? :eek: No thank you!

I don't care so much about socket longevity. I care about "useful life". Intel's 1155 socket has had a long useful life. No processor on AM2, AM2+, or AM3 was ever competitive.

All these people on the fast train to hype town remind me of the bad little boys in Pinocchio going to Pleasure Island. Anyone remember what happened to them?

As far as the declining sales - it isn't exactly news. It's been going on for a a decade. Intel stopped producing motherboards after Ivy Bridge for a reason. Did anyone that's not going to Pleasure Island actually think Ryzen was going to effect this trend?

Are you for real, according to latest Intel leaked benchmarks the 8700K is 7.56% faster then 1600X. The latest prices that surfaced on Germany show a €140 difference between the 8700k vs 1600X.
And btw you don't need a X370 to OC a ryzen, do it like me, get a B350 gaming 3, 1600X OC to 4.2Ghz (1.362V) flareX OC to 3466mhz, beating any I7 7700k under or to 4.6GHZ and any 7800X under or to 4.7GHZ.
Look how much money i saved by not buying an intel, and the difference in performance is under 2 digits, and i use a cheap air cooler to get a MAX of 68ºC.

Silva
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#5470812 Posted on: 09/10/2017 12:36 PM
No innovation for 6 years from both brands...
High DDR4 prices (double what they once where)...
Consoles getting better with late generations...
No reason to justify the MB+CPU+RAM=Expensive Upgrade...
Putting stupid things on MB and make them expensive AF (RGB)...
And many more reasons to justify the decline.

Maybe this year we see a somewhat of a turnaround.

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