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I'm saying for that price I can build a whole computer. It's outrageous.
I'm also saying that the leading cause of motherboard death is capacitor failure, which is obvious (bulging/leaking capacitors) and can be fixed with a simple soldering iron and a new batch of low-ESR capacitors. They cost a buck a piece in most cases, and most motherboards have about 8 or 12 that need replacing at once. I've fixed many motherboards this way, and many still run now. However if it a machine used for business, I never hack those up. That is when you use that business budget and fix the rig professionally.
There are other causes of death though, such as heat issues over time on something like a chipset without a heatsink, or a mosfet overheating due to too much current being pulled through it.
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We contend that for a nation to try to tax itself into prosperity is like a man standing in a bucket and trying to lift himself up by the handle.
-Winston Churchill
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