Nintendo Switch 2 Motherboards with Chips Available for $124 in China — Directly Sourced PCBs from Production Lines

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So, the Switch 2 just dropped, right? And BOOM, not even two weeks in, Chinese resellers—heck, they’re already all over those production-line motherboards like they were candy at a sweet shop. Seriously, $120 on Goofish? That’s like… lunch money in tech terms. I scrolled by a post, or was it a tweet? Anyway, HXL spilled the beans over on X (Twitter, if you’re stuck in last year).

The photos are wild. Imagine these circuit thingies, all organized like a neat little puzzle. They slap ’em together on one big board during manufacturing; then slice ’em up for the final bits, I guess—like some high-tech pizza. Heard it’s Foxconn doing the chopping this time around.

Here’s the kicker. These motherboards look just like the retail ones, with nifty stamps (probably the "you’re not a fake" kind). They’re missing a few shiny bits, though. Shielding layers or whatever. So close, yet so far, right?

Oh, and repairs. Here’s where it gets weird. Scrounged around Nintendo Japan’s prices because—why not? They want $175 to fix or swap a PCB for ya. Now, I don’t know if they’re tagging each piece with IDs like some spy operation, but if they are, the aftermarket folks might be in for a rough time.

Can you imagine cobbling together a Switch 2 from scratch with these parts? It’s nuts. I mean, with limited parts floating around, you’d be dreaming. The guts of this thing—Nvidia’s Tegra whatever-it’s-called—isn’t too pricey to make. Old tech mixed with Samsung’s, what, 8 and 10nm processes? Retro vibes.

Oh! I saw the latest torture test, and man, it’s more bonkers—Switch 2 went toe-to-toe with pliers fifty times and came out… alive? But then, something about GameStop folks puncturing screens with staple-happy hands. What?

Repairability scores are falling like autumn leaves. Remember the old Switch held at 8/10? Good times. Now it’s, what, a 3/10 with the new one? Not great. If you’re past Nintendo’s reassuring hug of a warranty, well… good luck.

There you have it. Or part of it. More randomness awaits you if you keep scrolling Tom’s Hardware or whatever’s next on your feed. Catch ya later!