SSD prices climbing fast!

Ev0 said:
I bit the bullet and decided for my new build to refresh everything (more to replace old 9 year old drives).

Paid a little more than the £245 I’d seen a month or two ago for the 4TB drive I bought, but shiny new 1TB and 4TB nvme drives should do me fine for the foreseeable (replacing a 512 and 1TB).

Can see prices still bouncing around so didn’t really want to leave it any longer. Worse case prices go down and I’ve paid 60 odd quid more than before, not the end of the world!
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I did the same.

I've been putting the storage upgrade off for a very long time, so I grabbed that deal to avoid disappointment later.

I had similar thoughts; worst case prices drop and I've paid a little over the odds, best case I've got in just before I get priced out entirely.
 
I managed to grab a couple of new 4TB WD SN700s for £234 each from the auction site in November. They're now £450 from the same seller and £770 direct from Sandisk!
 
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I have 5x4tb SN850X and the highest I paid for one of them was £240 back in 2024, now they are £500 each on most sites, or £1050 from Sandisk, crazy prices, might even consider selling 4 of them
 
McManicMan said:
I have 5x4tb SN850X and the highest I paid for one of them was £240 back in 2024, now they are £500 each on most sites, or £1050 from Sandisk, crazy prices, might even consider selling 4 of them
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Could offer £200 for one, might be the best offer you could get :D

What a world.....
 
AthlonXP1800 said:
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Kioxia exec says this year’s NAND is already sold out, 'cheap' 1TB SSD bargains are over - VideoCardz.com

Kioxia exec warns cheap 1TB SSD pricing is done, says 2026 output is already sold out Kioxia Memory Business Unit managing director Shunsuke Nakato says
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Consumer SSDs are in shortage supply until 2027. :eek:
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I think it will last longer than that because they are not exactly increasing production. These plants takes years to build, so if it's short for this year then it will be short for next year. No company is going to invest billions into a plant for a "bubble" that can pop in 18 months when you are half way through building a new plant.

I think we are in this for a long haul, until this AI bubble pop.
 
Raymond Lin said:
I think it will last longer than that because they are not exactly increasing production. These plants takes years to build, so if it's short for this year then it will be short for next year. No company is going to invest billions into a plant for a "bubble" that can pop in 18 months when you are half way through building a new plant.

I think we are in this for a long haul, until this AI bubble pop.
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Yes plants takes years to build. It took Kioxia 2 years to build a new Fab plant like K2 was began groundbreaking on 6 April 2022, construction completed in July 2024 and now started operation for first mass production a few months ago for 2026 so it will take around 3.5 years to build a new fab to make first chips.

Kioxia now has 14 fabs, SK Hynix has 7 fabs and 4 new fabs in construction, Samsung has 14 fabs and 1 new fab in construction to start first HBM production in 2028, Micron has 13 fabs and 3 new fabs in USA in construction. Micron new megafab in New York was groundbreaking on 16 Jan 2026 but production first chips will start in 2030. Both SK Hynix and Samsung are planning to build 13 new fabs in a new chip hub in South Korea by 2047.
 
Snapshot said:
I managed to grab a couple of new 4TB WD SN700s for £234 each from the auction site in November. They're now £450 from the same seller and £770 direct from Sandisk!
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And I was hoping to buy some more 'cheap' storage off you :cry:

AthlonXP1800 said:
Consumer SSDs are in shortage supply until 2027. :eek:
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Yup, holding tight ... all SSDs, NVMEs health checked
I thought I was being stupid when buying big storage and memory options this time last year, got lucky
 
Raymond Lin said:
I think it will last longer than that because they are not exactly increasing production. These plants takes years to build, so if it's short for this year then it will be short for next year. No company is going to invest billions into a plant for a "bubble" that can pop in 18 months when you are half way through building a new plant.

I think we are in this for a long haul, until this AI bubble pop.
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If the Ai bubble burst. It may not....
 
Amazon.de has some ok prices for the older Samsung T7 2TB drives. 206 Euro from the Samsung store. Weirdly, they also sell "used" 4TB drive, brr, wouldn't want to buy a used one.
Cheapest "local" online alternative today seems to be one for the equivalent of 240 Euro..

Local store online, I ordered one in late December at a lower price thinking I was clever.. not in stock.. first had a set delivery date a week after at 1.1.2026, then that was shifted by 60 days later to 1.3.2026, and then they nixed it, and I asked for a refund and bought one off Amazon in Germany. :| And free shipping as well in my case, doesn't happen often.

Heh, btw, found an online store that sell wireless headphones, two for one from the manufacturers website. A nice surprise. Very few product reviews for this headphone, maybe a bad product, or just too big competition from other brands these days.
 
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wish Id bought drives last year, ive been wanting to upgrade my playstations storage and add a nvme drive 500gb drives are the price of 1tb drives last year :(
 
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