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I tend to wash down the bike after most rides, chain dried and then lubed.
Moving forward I might look to properly put the chain through a chain cleaner a little more often and then blast it dry with electric leaf blower before lubing, just to slightly improve the chain maintenance regime.
dancing james-
That sounds like you're erring towards too much IMO but other people love cleaning shit. I'm a brush off dry dirt, wipe a chain with rag with cleaner on it to get the shit off the outside, then dry bit of rag, then get some lube on the rollers and wipe off the excess kinda guy, try to avoid water unless everything is mud and you don't want that mud somewhere else kinda guy. Little and often, emphasis on the little.
snottyotter
It may well be worth going for it then, I reckon you'll be looking after either chain properly and might get the extra benefit from the better one if it's testing at lasting thatb much longer. For most people the main issue will be either ignoring the chain, washing the shit out of it or smashing lube on dirt on lube, all of which will be better off with a new cheap chain before they have the chance to fuck up the old one too much. If you're giving it a quick and often surface clean and light lube or spending way more time than it's worth fucking about with sonic cleaners and pfte infused wax, then a better chain makes sense so have at it. I've got an XTR/Dura ace chain currently but it was on trade offer less than most cheap ones so why not? Not fucking it up from the extremes of too little or too much misplaced care are probably bigger factors than the actual chain choice as long as it's not actual shit.