The higher-end ones are made in Taoyuan, Taiwan.
Been there twice I believe. It's out in the sticks. Been to MSI's factory outside Shanghai as well.
Old video, but the most recent one I could find.
As for ASRock, from what I was told, it seems to be Vietnam, at least for now, as they've been making their lower-end boards there for a few years already.
So the final assembly, testing and box printing will take place somewhere else? That's how a tech product earns a "Made in Nonchina" badge?
No, not motherboards or graphics cards.
See the video above and you'll understand why.
I was gonna say - Vietnam are a prime location to shift to.... they have been quietly amassing a large manufacturing base - supposedly China hasn't been the cheapest place to get stuff manufactured for a while in some cases.
xina hasn't been cheap for close to a decade, but it's hard to move a factory, as it's not just about machine, but you need trained people to do the board assembly bits that aren't automated and a lot of it can't be automated. Then you need to have good QA people during the whole process so you don't end up with duds at the testing phase, as that's a waste of time and money. So even though making motherboards is a lot more automated today compared to just 10 years ago, it's still a lot of manual steps involved and some of those aren't taught in five minutes or even five months.
The Philippines would be a strong candidate since they produce a shit ton of computer engineers. Heck, at one point Toshiba and many others manufactured or fabricated parts in Philippines. Many engineers from there work(ed) in Taiwan at many of the major companies.
Unfortunately they don't have the infrastructure when it comes to the component suppliers, so most Filipinos end up in the factories in Taiwan instead.
Last time I was at the Gigabyte factory, at least half of of the staff were Filipinos.
The business relationships with the Philippines haven't been the best either, as there have been a bunch of issues between Taiwan and the Philippines over the years, some involving how badly Filipinos have been treated in Taiwan, both in the manufacturing industry, but also as carers and maybe even worse, in the fishing and shipping industry. Somehow the Taiwanese feel like they can treat SE Asians like garbage and get away with it, which has caused a lot of issues with other countries too.