The RISC-V HiFive Premier P550 Development Boards are now available for purchase, priced at $400 for 16GB DDR5 and $500 for 32GB DDR5. Users have benchmarked these boards against others in the RISC-V category, noting their speed relative to RISC-V counterparts but not when compared to x86 systems. Some community comments express concerns regarding the form factor (Mini-DTX), the choice of eMMC storage, and the absence of support for M.2 SSDs. Questions arise about the performance of these boards relative to ARM or Intel processors and the lack of RISC-V vector extensions. Furthermore, there are user concerns about software support for the hardware features provided, particularly in the context of running Ubuntu. Overall, while RISC-V boards are exciting due to their open-source nature, the pricing and performance comparisons bring hesitation among potential buyers.