14 DAY TRIAL // Over the past month or so we have seen all sort of details about future LGA 1155 motherboards coming to light, European and US-based retailers now uncovering the very last bits of the puzzle as more and more Sandy Bridge supporting motherboards get priced.
According to SemiAccurate, boards from Asus, Biostar, Gigabyte, Intel and MSI have been popping around in various parts of the world, almost all of them carrying a decent price premium over their P55 and H55 based counterparts.
As a result, Intel's own DH67BL is $20 to $30 more expensive than the DH55TC it is meant to replace, while the Asus Maximus IV Extreme is about €30-40 more than the Maximus III Extreme.
However, this is not the case with all LGA 1155 motherboards, since some are available at the same price as the models they're meant to replace, suggesting that, in the long run, prices will fall to about the same level as that of LGA 1156 boards, although it's difficult to speculate on how much time we have to wait until this is the case.
As far as the actual pricing is concerned, the cheapest boards are listed for just under $100, or around €80 in Europe, while the top of the line offerings end up around the $300 mark, or €250-300 in Europe.
Going for the cheapest version will get you an H67 based motherboard with not so many extras, although most manufacturers offer a broad range of display connectivity options even at these price points.
Opting for a P67 motherboard will raise the entry-level pricing with yet another $30 or so in the US, European customers also having to pay about €30 more.
If you want to find out more about the P67 and H67 motherboard prices, I suggest you to head on over to Google shopping or your favorite price comparison engine, as you will most certainly find quite a few LGA 1155 boards listed together with their prices.