3 reasons I won’t spend more than $300 on a motherboard ever again

Over the past five years, the budget for even a modestly equipped gaming PC that can keep up with today's AAA titles has gone completely bananas. The expectation in the marketplace that we spend $1,000 or more on a GPU, $500 and above on CPUs, and another $1,000 on everything else has shattered the image of a gaming PC as accessible to the average consumer. It's caused me to seriously reevaluate what I'm spending on PC components and what I'm getting for the price. Personally, I've had a recent revelation when it comes to motherboards.