{"id":1572477,"date":"2026-05-07T11:58:13","date_gmt":"2026-05-07T11:58:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/qfgfFAuEGuBvmmdJjhp276"},"modified":"2026-05-07T11:58:13","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T11:58:13","slug":"report-says-motherboard-manufacturers-are-in-crisis-as-builders-arent-building-new-rigs-as-much-anymore","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/report-says-motherboard-manufacturers-are-in-crisis-as-builders-arent-building-new-rigs-as-much-anymore\/","title":{"rendered":"Report says motherboard manufacturers are in crisis as builders aren’t building new rigs as much anymore"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A new report suggests motherboard manufacturers are in a bad state right now, with the memory crisis<\/a> and the Iran war affecting all kinds of PC hardware. As PC builders are disincentivised from, well, building PCs, the motherboards needed for them also get left behind. <\/p>\n

The report, from Digitimes<\/a>, notes a “collapse” for many motherboard manufacturers, claiming it is worse than previous financial crises and the first year of the Covid-19 pandemic. It notes that MSI, Gigabyte and ASRock are all expected to see declines in 2026, in regard to motherboard sales. As of the time of writing, motherboard sales figures for 2026 are not yet public. <\/p>\n

The first element of this collapse is the memory crisis. As AI is intent on sucking all that memory for it to run, those looking to buy new DRAM kits are now paying a steep premium. Some simply won’t and will hang on for it to go down. This memory crisis also hits other elements of a PC, like graphics cards, making them harder to buy at MSRP.<\/p>\n

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