A user pays a lot of money for a motherboard, even though he does not use the features at all. He stated that he could have spent the money on a better SSD.
A user reports on Reddit about how he bought a new motherboard for his computer a year ago. In total, he paid 280 US dollars for it. At that time, he considered a cheaper model to be a worse compromise.
However, he has now realized that he would not need most of the features of his motherboard at all. He stated that although it is not a disaster, he could have used that money for a larger SSD, a better monitor, or a quieter case. And he really became aware of this when he assembled a similar system for a friend with a cheaper motherboard:
I recently helped a friend build a nearly identical PC with a $159 B650 motherboard, and his computer boots, plays games, and runs just like mine. His BIOS is even easier to use.
And that is a mistake that many potential hardware buyers make. Often there are also sales tricks behind it, making people buy more than they actually need.
People like to buy things they often don’t need
What is behind this? But why do people buy a new motherboard or graphics card thinking they will need the features after all? Often there are also psychological tricks, reports the magazine RND.de: People are often tempted to acquire products or certain functions that they objectively do not need. This behavior is driven by psychological mechanisms, clever marketing, and social influences. In the end, one even buys things that one does not like, reports the Zeit.de magazine (possibly behind a paywall)
Moreover, people often overestimate the future benefits of things. One buys, for example, a device with an extremely many additional features in the belief that they will use them in the future, only to later realize that it is not the case.
The user himself explains in his post that the motherboard he bought is not bad or broken, and certainly has its justification in another household:
There is nothing wrong with my motherboard, and I know that for someone who uses multiple drives, expansion cards, many USB devices, or special connection options, it can make sense to pay more. I simply bought features for an imaginary future version of myself that apparently runs a data center from their bedroom.
But for him, the purchase has ultimately not paid off.
Some users, however, have “luck” when buying a motherboard: A gamer had, for example, bought a used motherboard for little money, but the previous owner had probably forgotten to dismantle old components. A “luck” for the buyer: Gamer buys motherboard for 45 euros, gets hardware worth 1,400 euros for free
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