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remy

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Hard drive prices, holy shit
« on: November 22, 2011, 04:16:32 pm »
So I was going build my mom a nice new pc (she's still running windows xp, on a 40gb hdd), and I noticed that the 1tb samsung hard drive I usually use to build with has gone from $60 to $150 in a matter of weeks.  Did some googling, turns out it's because of the flooding in Thailand.  Insane!  Any econo-techies out there know when this madness is going to subside?

eta: I might add that my mom has managed to squeeze 18,000 photos onto her current tiny hard drive. Impressive.
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« Reply #1 on: November 22, 2011, 09:00:37 pm »
My vendor says next year some time. At least 6 months.
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Re: Hard drive prices, holy shit
« Reply #2 on: November 23, 2011, 02:16:38 pm »
Quote from: homer on November 22, 2011, 09:00:37 pm
My vendor says next year some time. At least 6 months.

At least. If they just lost inventory, 6 to 12 months. If the plants are damaged badly, 12 to 18+
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« Reply #3 on: November 23, 2011, 02:41:38 pm »
Quote from: Phil_in_CS on November 23, 2011, 02:16:38 pm
At least. If they just lost inventory, 6 to 12 months. If the plants are damaged badly, 12 to 18+

Not only the WD and Seagate factories were damaged but so were many of the component supplier's factories.  It's going to be awhile.
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« Reply #4 on: November 23, 2011, 02:57:50 pm »
dang, we bought a new pc at the right time.  About a month ago got an Intel Core I7, 16GB RAM, 2Tb HD for under 700. Bet that price isn't good any more!
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« Reply #5 on: November 23, 2011, 05:32:42 pm »
Meanwhile, the price of the 256GB solid state drive I bought last week just dropped $40.  FML
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« Reply #6 on: November 23, 2011, 07:55:46 pm »
Quote from: Waldo on November 23, 2011, 05:32:42 pm
Meanwhile, the price of the 256GB solid state drive I bought last week just dropped $40.  FML

NAND is going down.  SSDs are going to take off.
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Re: Hard drive prices, holy shit
« Reply #7 on: November 25, 2011, 07:51:53 pm »
Quote from: Duke on November 23, 2011, 07:55:46 pm
NAND is going down.  SSDs are going to take off.


Your avatar is going to make me take off.
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« Reply #8 on: November 27, 2011, 08:49:03 am »
Quote from: remy on November 25, 2011, 07:51:53 pm
Your avatar is going to make me take off.

It's beauty way to go.
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« Reply #9 on: November 28, 2011, 10:18:18 am »
Quote from: PeteM on November 27, 2011, 08:49:03 am
It's beauty way to go.

She's my old hot tub mate.
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« Reply #10 on: November 29, 2011, 09:58:32 am »
And right on cue, I had a hard drive crap out this morning.  $95 for a 160GB drive just plain sucks.
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Re: Hard drive prices, holy shit
« Reply #11 on: November 29, 2011, 02:30:22 pm »
Quote from: Duke on November 23, 2011, 07:55:46 pm
NAND is going down.  SSDs are going to take off.


I realize some high-end entertainment-philes demand the speeds of SSDs but I have yet to find any practical justification for me or my wife, who surf the web and handle home finances on the PC. 

At work (in my secret life as a System Administrator), SSDs are changing the storage game in amazing ways.  The technology to enhance the efficiency of leveraging multiple storage tiers in a single environment is awesome.
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Re: Hard drive prices, holy shit
« Reply #12 on: November 29, 2011, 04:41:04 pm »
Quote from: S.P. Rodriguez on November 29, 2011, 02:30:22 pm
I realize some high-end entertainment-philes demand the speeds of SSDs but I have yet to find any practical justification for me or my wife, who surf the web and handle home finances on the PC. 

At work (in my secret life as a System Administrator), SSDs are changing the storage game in amazing ways.  The technology to enhance the efficiency of leveraging multiple storage tiers in a single environment is awesome.

My Samsung 256GB SSD cost a little over $400.  The average consumer won't be willing to pay that anytime soon.
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Re: Hard drive prices, holy shit
« Reply #13 on: November 30, 2011, 02:09:51 pm »
Quote from: Waldo on November 29, 2011, 04:41:04 pm
My Samsung 256GB SSD cost a little over $400.  The average consumer won't be willing to pay that anytime soon.
Wow.  The total cost of the little MacBook Air i just got at work was $1,400 and it has a 256gb SSD.  35% of the cost is the drive?
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« Reply #14 on: November 30, 2011, 02:28:00 pm »
Who knew that we would ever experience a hard drive shortage?  Time to stockpile boxes of Tony Chachere's Creole Jambalaya Mix, set our transistor radios to 88.7 KUHF, and hunker down.
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« Reply #15 on: November 30, 2011, 11:32:14 pm »
Quote from: das on November 30, 2011, 02:09:51 pm
Wow.  The total cost of the little MacBook Air i just got at work was $1,400 and it has a 256gb SSD.  35% of the cost is the drive?

Fear not - since Apple didn't pay $400 for the SSD to begin with, Apple markup would account for more of the price than any other single component in your computer, but that SSD would be a close second.  This link from 2010 shows Air profit margins estimated anywhere from 28%-37% depending on the configuration.

Not sure if that's supposed to make you feel better or worse, but there you have it.
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