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Processor | RyZen R9 3950X |
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Motherboard | ASRock X570 Taichi |
Cooling | Coolermaster Master Liquid ML240L RGB |
Memory | 64GB DDR4 3200 (4x16GB) |
Video Card(s) | RTX 3050 |
Storage | Samsung 2TB SSD |
Display(s) | Asus VE276Q, VE278Q and VK278Q triple 27” 1920x1080 |
Case | Zulman MS800 |
Audio Device(s) | On Board |
Power Supply | Seasonic 650W |
VR HMD | Oculus Rift, Oculus Quest V1, Oculus Quest 2 |
Software | Windows 11 64bit |
They probably do it to gauge tech forum intersts. By looking at this board. a marketer would say ~$500 looks good.
I can believe that forums are monitored by interested parties but probably indirectly. For example, if a firmware upgrade for a certain popular SSD has been causing problems and many forums are abuzz with damning comments it might be advantageous to mitigate the situation by posting support information in said forums or advice on the RMA process. Something, anything,….
But to help gauge or set a price on something like this,….I don’t know about that. Even if they did employ such tactics I doubt if they would let it dictate price with any hard numbers initially. They must have had cost assessments for manufacture, known what segment of the market they wanted to sell in (MSRP) and how much profit they expected before the product was even given a go.