Yup, I've noticed the same, not just with AMD but with Intel too.
They are probably trying to reduce losses before the imminent release of new CPUs. They will drop again at some point.
MSI boards are my sweet spot right now for price, features and affordability. I have disliked ASUS boards for a while now due to some specific board weirdness and to their shady RMA practices.
I have two of these drives and it is my ancodental belief that they are a bit higher quality than the teamgroup ones. Nothing against teamgroup, I just know exactly what I am getting with the Samsungs.
Yeah, Steve nails it. Intel has so many resources and then they release something like this, it's embarrassing. Too bad, because it's really going to overshadow what could be decent hardware.