SSD Price increases

danielanthony · 30 Mar 2010 at 07:10

I was checking my OCUK invoice for the OCZ Agility Series 120GB 2.5" SATA-II Solid State Hard Drive (OCZSSD2-1AGT120G) which I bought on 1st July 2009, it cost me £219.99.

The same drive today costs £299.99

That sucks.

Amakuma · 30 Mar 2010 at 07:11

So much for depreciation

Gangster · 30 Mar 2010 at 09:37

Thats a big increase :eek:

Looks like SSDs in my system are even futher away!

Schizo · 30 Mar 2010 at 09:39

due you think it's due to so many good reviews and the manufacture seeing this and thinking its time to put the price up even more ?

i understand they are good but how good would they have to be for these price's ?

danielanthony · 30 Mar 2010 at 10:09

With there being a recession on I thought prices would be forced down. Shows what I know!

Jotunkaiser · 30 Mar 2010 at 10:23

Why are they so expensive in the first place? I know they are great but 250gb one is like 500 quid lol.

mast3r · 30 Mar 2010 at 10:35

damn you prices!

iamtheoneneo · 30 Mar 2010 at 11:22

oh dear....

Broken Hope · 30 Mar 2010 at 11:34

I'd prefer if they were trying to make them cheaper rather than increasing the speed of them and charging an even higher price premium but I'm guessing they know people will pay the prices.

tipes · 30 Mar 2010 at 11:38

danielanthony said:
I was checking my OCUK invoice for the OCZ Agility Series 120GB 2.5" SATA-II Solid State Hard Drive (OCZSSD2-1AGT120G) which I bought on 1st July 2009, it cost me £219.99.

The same drive today costs £299.99

That sucks.

I think the currency exchange rates just might have something to do with it as our pound has been sliding for quite a while.

jbloggs · 30 Mar 2010 at 13:59

With the way things are I can't really see prices of SSDs falling in the near future...

Azra · 30 Mar 2010 at 14:24

Supply and demand, simplez as a well known Russian Meerkat would say.

No one seems to either be able to make / have the inclination to make enough memory so prices rise. Add to falling £ and the usual decrease in manufacturing costs doesn't look like it is being passed on etc

Zarf · 30 Mar 2010 at 16:14

VAT was only 15% last year, and the exchange rate was around $1.65 to £1 as opposed to around $1.49 currently.

So adjusting for exchange rate and inflation the drive was around $2.55 / GB and now it is $3.05/GB , a 19% rise.

NAND prices were at a low in summer of last year due to the recession, but resurging demand from Smartphones and SSD's pushed prices up by around 23% where it has been stable for the past 6 months.

Considering a 23% rise in NAND costs, a 19% rise in the base price of the SSD is actually not that bad.

Prices will start falling eventually, the main obstacle is the amount of time it takes suppliers to build a new NAND facility. Toshiba has a big new facility coming online next year.

adsyf · 30 Mar 2010 at 17:03

Also Agilty range is nand manufacturer independant. So they can fit any nand they like, maybe a special deal last year!

anything I don't mind · 30 Mar 2010 at 17:31

guess i will be putting that purchase off for another 6 months

Azra · 30 Mar 2010 at 17:40

Obviously more than a regular hdd but I think for the difference in performance some of the ssds are reasonable value for money.

anything I don't mind · 30 Mar 2010 at 17:56

i was going to buy the intel SSD, but i bought a car instead

OpenToSuggestions · 30 Mar 2010 at 17:58

The bloke at the ocuk shop said it is because apple just bought 1/4 of the world's current supply of SSD chips, pushing the price up.
They also said that the ocuk manager (whether they mean Spie or not I don't know) thinks that a 500gb SSD will be £100 at xmas.

I have to say I cannot see it happening.

anything I don't mind · 30 Mar 2010 at 17:59

i can't see that happening either. If anything decent 128gb drop to below £200 by xmas, if we are lucky, except intel.

Troezar · 30 Mar 2010 at 19:39

I can vouch for how great SSD's are but the prices are very high. I won't be buying another is they go up any more and they certainly won't go mainstream any time soon. Wait until after the next election, we'll all be skint!!