Don't forget that they don't really make those cards for "us". Their target market iirc is industrial systems/whatever. Probably if you buy a lot of 1000 cards price point is different than in online shop.

> With absurd constraints that make them hard to use in a normal system (weird shape, weird power needs).

hahaha. i had one AP built with pcie > minipcie attached to custom bracket to hold extra large card. and 5v stolen from sata port.

when it came time to rebuild it, i just gave up and went the route i described above.