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This is how motherboard marketing tricks you into overspending
Motherboard brands can oversell anything
I've written a lot about how people should not overspend on the motherboard when building a PC. Motherboard manufacturers love to market features that are nothing more than gimmicks, and most people don't need to spend more than $200 on a DDR5 motherboard today. However, there's a lot more that can be said about exactly how marketing traps you into spending just a "little bit" more on the motherboard — the most important component to future-proof a PC.
