View Full Version : Wow, what the heck happened to external hard drive prices?
kethnaab
11-25-2011, 01:11 PM
I bought a 1TB portable Seagate about, I dunno, 8 months ago, and I swear it was way cheaper then. WTF happened to the prices on those things? I thought technology was supposed to get cheaper over time?
fxoqxc
11-25-2011, 01:13 PM
rollback
xlDeMoNiClx
11-25-2011, 01:15 PM
I bought a 2 TB My Book External HDD for a little over 100 bucks. Nothing wrong with prices over here. :P
pantera02018
11-25-2011, 01:17 PM
flooding in thailand disrupting factories
Gameover89
11-25-2011, 01:56 PM
Prices are great, everything is dropping all the time dunno why your finding them more expensive. I got a 500gb 15k HD for like 200$
NeoginCF
11-25-2011, 02:04 PM
just depends if your buying a real hard drive or a ssd
a 1 tb ssd will cost the same as a 2 tb normal hard drive...
ckuyook
11-25-2011, 02:05 PM
Because of the flooding in Thailand, prices will still be high all throughout 2012 so they can rebuild their factories
Supply and demand brah, macroeconomics 101
creaser
11-25-2011, 02:05 PM
forgot what its called, but theres some kind of "rule" that says;
technology gets either:
half the price,
twice as good,
or half the size
every 18 months
that rule is now invalid
ckuyook
11-25-2011, 02:06 PM
forgot what its called, but theres some kind of "rule" that says;
technology gets either:
half the price,
twice as good,
or half the size
every 18 months
that rule is now invalid
That's Moore's law...prices are getting cheaper, based on production. You still have to consider inflation and other economic factors...
creaser
11-25-2011, 02:08 PM
That's Moore's law...prices are getting cheaper, based on production. You still have to consider inflation and other economic factors...
yeah, pretty much everything is messed up now due to economic crisis' all over the world
spitty13
11-25-2011, 02:12 PM
just depends if your buying a real hard drive or a ssd
a 1 tb ssd will cost the same as a 2 tb normal hard drive...
lol please link me to this. I will buy that in a heartbeat
kfx450r
11-25-2011, 02:17 PM
just depends if your buying a real hard drive or a ssd
a 1 tb ssd will cost the same as a 2 tb normal hard drive...
LMAO
Try a 100-200gb ssd = 2tb normal hard drive
SCAR-H
11-25-2011, 02:21 PM
Internal HDDs as well. I bought a 1TB drive for $60 a few months ago. This same HDD is now $100+ on Newegg.
erftbll81
11-25-2011, 02:55 PM
The flooding in Thailand you morans
dargab91
11-25-2011, 03:35 PM
It's the flooding in Thailand. HDD prices have gone up ~90%.
WWUCasey
11-25-2011, 04:02 PM
just depends if your buying a real hard drive or a ssd
a 1 tb ssd will cost the same as a 2 tb normal hard drive...
urine idiot.
RusnConcussion
11-25-2011, 04:53 PM
flooding in thailand has severely hampered supply for seagate, and western digital. most hard drives were made there.
PowerLevel9001
11-25-2011, 06:10 PM
I'm surprised nobody has brought this up, but I think it's the flooding in Thailand. That's where alot of hard drives are made.
rockkilic
11-25-2011, 06:13 PM
Just got a 500g 2.5" for $39.97 and a 320g 2.5" for $29.97. Canadian brahs better get on that if there is a Canadian Tire next to you.
SeanP35
11-25-2011, 06:21 PM
Just got a 500g 2.5" for $39.97 and a 320g 2.5" for $29.97. Canadian brahs better get on that if there is a Canadian Tire next to you.
2.5" eh? So you got a ****ty 5200RPM laptop drive for $40. Congratulations.
inb4ripped
11-25-2011, 06:40 PM
I bought a 1TB portable Seagate about, I dunno, 8 months ago, and I swear it was way cheaper then. WTF happened to the prices on those things? I thought technology was supposed to get cheaper over time? there was some sort of natural disaster in a country that supplies a pretty big chunk of hard drives.
rockkilic
11-25-2011, 06:45 PM
2.5" eh? So you got a ****ty 5200RPM laptop drive for $40. Congratulations.
I'm using it for an old laptop and now it's an external hard drive enclosure. With the prices of hard drives right now and with no idea when the prices are back to normal I think it's a good deal. 6 months ago I would have said the same thing as you so you're mad for no reason.
FIREnICE
11-25-2011, 07:07 PM
everyone is using the flooding in thailand to jack up prices. right after it happened, even places that had enough inventory from before the flooding jacked up their prices to try and make any sort of extra revenue and to fool the costumers. fukk them. i hope they go out of business.
apparently prices will start dropping again in december.
ckuyook
11-25-2011, 07:12 PM
everyone is using the flooding in thailand to jack up prices. right after it happened, even places that had enough inventory from before the flooding jacked up their prices to try and make any sort of extra revenue and to fool the costumers. fukk them. i hope they go out of business.
apparently prices will start dropping again in december.
It'll take the entire year of 2012 to re-build the factories...prices won't go down until 2013, probably...
FIREnICE
11-25-2011, 07:32 PM
It'll take the entire year of 2012 to re-build the factories...prices won't go down until 2013, probably...
just one source. there are a couple more. 2013 is just crazy and not true. some factories are already back up and running.
Several channel retailers are already preparing to dump their hard drive inventory, which was piled up due to concerns over potential shortages, in December as the imbalance between supply and demand is not as serious as originally expected and the retailers are trying to shed some stock to avoid from being hurt as hard drive capacity will be gradually restored in January and February 2012, according to sources from channel retailers.
Since Japan-based hard drive motor supplier Nidec already announced that one of its plants in Thailand has resumed production, while many other hard drive component suppliers are also aggressively seeking solutions to substitute their lost capacity in Thailand, the sources believe the hard drive shortage issues will see an obvious improvement in January 2012.
Since the hard drive shortages may not be as serious as expected, while demand in the PC market remains weak as pricing has surpassed consumers' sweet spot, several retailers are already set to drop their hard drive prices and dump inventories into retail channel in December.
Sublime82
11-25-2011, 08:38 PM
It's the flooding in Thailand. The prices are going to be high throughout 2012 while they rebuild the damaged factories.
jawnzer
11-25-2011, 09:47 PM
flooding in thailand disrupting factories
This, won't be stabilized until mid 2012.
SCAR-H
11-25-2011, 11:23 PM
This, won't be stabilized until mid 2012.
http://i40.tinypic.com/21ew4fn.gif
FalseCreek
11-25-2011, 11:28 PM
just gonna have to limit your porn brah
Impregnator
11-26-2011, 06:40 AM
hory shyt.
checked a past order history at newegg. $99 for a 2tb wd green. now its 200. o_O
zirtbow
12-12-2011, 10:11 AM
fuuu prices haven't come down at all.. hard drive died and I need a replacement... order history was $53 for a 500GB caviar blue in 2009... today it's $100+ ... WTF thailand
TZA13
12-12-2011, 04:07 PM
just checked on the egg, my external 2tb WD i bought a year ago is now double the price $160 damn. I'm set on space though for a few years now.
guitarwar241
12-12-2011, 04:56 PM
just depends if your buying a real hard drive or a ssd
a 1 tb ssd will cost the same as a 2 tb normal hard drive...
You clearly don't know anything about computers if you think a 1 TB SSD will cost the same as a 2 TB standard HDD. SSD's are substantially more expensive than traditional HDD's.
You clearly don't know anything about computers if you think a 1 TB SSD will cost the same as a 2 TB standard HDD. SSD's are substantially more expensive than traditional HDD's.
x2.
What i'm going to pay for a 128gb ssd would buy me a 2TB hdd
905brah
12-12-2011, 05:11 PM
lolwort...1tb ssd = 100 million
yen
Just Live
12-12-2011, 05:28 PM
hey guys its the flooding in thailand incase you didnt know
Iterated
12-12-2011, 06:10 PM
I asked for a hard drive for Christmas.
Jakes on me.