Wednesday, March 5th 2025

Ridiculous "GIGABYTE RTX 5090 Super Bundle" Turns up in Taiwan; Requires Purchase of Forty H610M-K-DDR4 Motherboards

Taiwanese press outlets have put a spotlight on an inexplicably devised "GIGABYTE RTX 5090 Super Bundle." According to regional reports, a local company—Deyuan Computer—has listed this unusual multi-piece package on Taiwan's MOMO e-commerce platform. GeForce RTX 5090 graphics cards are a hot commodity nowadays—unfortunately, limited supplies and scalping activities have created a volatile environment for regular punters. Retail outlets have implemented various "nifty" sales methods in attempt to create a fairer buying environment—pre- and post-launch. Hong Kong's HKEPC Media has acknowledged that locals are very used to a "bundling culture" that requires the purchase of superfluous extra items.

By comparison, these offerings look quite reasonable when lined up against a Taiwanese business dealing in staggeringly silly combination platters. To claim ownership of a single GIGABYTE RTX 5090 GAMING OC graphics card, potential buyers are strong-armed into adding forty(!) GIGABYTE H610M-K-DDR4 motherboards to virtual shopping carts. A grand total expenditure of NT$191,500 (~$5832 USD) unlocks "GIGABYTE RTX 5090 Super Bundle" ownership. By itself, the high-end/award-winning GIGABYTE graphics card would cost NT$91,900 (~$2796 USD). An individual entry-level H610M-K-DDR4 Micro ATX model comes in at NT$2490 (~$76 USD). Willing customers will have to deal with an inventory of slightly outdated motherboards—a full build's worth of components would make more sense. Around late January, Taiwan's AutoBuy advertised an anti-scalping deal for GeForce RTX 5080 cards—requiring shoppers to load up on parts for a near complete Intel Core Ultra 200S CPU-based system.
Sources: HKEPC Tweet, Wccftech
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13 Comments on Ridiculous "GIGABYTE RTX 5090 Super Bundle" Turns up in Taiwan; Requires Purchase of Forty H610M-K-DDR4 Motherboards

#2
sethmatrix7
Enterprise24MSRP = Massive Store Ripoff People.
More like Missing Some ROPs Possibly
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#3
TheLostSwede
News Editor
Momo is an online retailer, but also a shopfront, much like other sellers can sell direct on Amazon, so this is some dodgy third party doing this.
This was also common a few years ago during the crypto craze.
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#4
Nostras
You know, some bundles could at least be argued for because you can probably get rid of them second hand at some loss or perhaps you can even consider using it.
But this... This... What the hell are you to do with this thing?
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#5
Daven
Gamer: Do I have to buy a motherboard bundled with this graphics card?

Retailer: No

Gamer: Do I have to buy 40 motherboards bundled with this graphics card?

Retailer: Yes
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#6
maxfly
That's a whole lot of target fodder.
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#7
Marsil
Last one to buy a bundle is a rotten egg!!
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#8
trsttte
God damn! What are you even supposed to do with so many motherboards, is it a particularly failure prone model or something!?
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#9
Divide Overflow
The more you buy, the more you save! - the leather jacket
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#10
FreedomEclipse
~Technological Technocrat~
trsttteGod damn! What are you even supposed to do with so many motherboards, is it a particularly failure prone model or something!?
farm crypto

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#12
Caring1
Canned NoodlesHow many motherboards could they possible have?
One GPU and 40 left over, old stock Motherboards. :laugh:
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