Shame on Asrock for releasing WRX80 R2.0 for the same $899 with handicapped 10G

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Was planning on replacing the ASUS WRX80 for the ASRock R1.0 one for the following reasons:

  • Can overclock CPU, (both can overclock mem)
  • Built in thunderbolt
  • dedicated IPMI eth port and vga plug

However, asrock choose to increase their margin by maybe $50 to replace the X710 to an AQC, which does not have SRIOV capabilities and more. In addition, the price is still the same 900. What a shame.

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And all the old R1.0 boards is no where to be found for 899 on
Amazon
Newegg
BHphoto.

Can anyone find one? Thanks.

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3rd party seller, ~$300 more, shipping from China.

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Thanks. Saw that, I’d like to get one for original 899 price.

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Lol i knew there was something going on with ASRock not mentioning what chip is used on board. I was almost sure it’s some crap but was pleasantly surprised my board came last week with dual x710… Had to double check because I couldn’t believe it. I guess I got lucky. Paid 900$ for it.

Just my personal opinion but like I said in another thread this mobo in R1.0 variant is imho kinda worth even 1200$… If I had no other choice I’d roll with that. That said for 300$ I believe you can just get regular pci-e x8 x710 and call it a day so… maybe it’s viable alternative.

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