SSD prices climbing fast!

beachBOYken said:
What’s the reasoning for the rises?

I know ram is due to Ai snapping it all up, is it same for storage.

I was on the lookout for another 2tb m.2 drive, I paid £124 for a Crucial T500 2tb in Jan 25, now they are about £212.
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The reason is what you said, AI companies buying up all the stock, and also Crucial pulling out the consumer market, so they can concentrate selling it to AI companies....more stock for them, more profit.

AI companies have much deeper pockets, they can sell it to them in bulk, guaranteed sales at the moment.

I bought a 2TB Samsung Evo Plus late Nov last year for like £98...yours now for £264. I thought I was being impulsive but boy that worked out well !
 
IIRC Samsung and Micron cut NAND production up to 50% in 2023/4 due to a glut of NAND and bottoming prices, that would have helped to push prices up as well.
 
I'm going to need a 4TB NVMe in the next six months or so....I only paid £192 for one before Xmas....don't know whether to stump up the £339 which seems to be the best price now, or chance paying a bit more later in the year. Hmm.
 
mid_gen said:
I'm going to need a 4TB NVMe in the next six months or so....I only paid £192 for one before Xmas....don't know whether to stump up the £339 which seems to be the best price now, or chance paying a bit more later in the year. Hmm.
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IIRC I paid around £160 or so for my 4TB NVME drives. Thankfully I have a couple of those as spares. As well as some spare SSD's.
Each time I look at the cost they always seem to be going up, rather than stabilising at the already inflated prices they are...!
 
i'm just going to put this here :cry:

tamzzy said:
WD SN850X 4TB for £177. It was sold as a used product from an enterprise reseller, so a bit wary how much use the drive had...
...Turns out it hasn't had any use and basically a brand new drive! :cry:

£45/TB was good at the best of times...in the last few months...basically a steal! :D

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Even the smaller capacities are showing significant price increases and stock issues.

I ordered a 'cheap' 500GB sata drive for my Nvidia shield last year (somewhat niche size).

I initially put off the purchase because it seemed expensive for what it was when I looked at it, and the alternatives were even more expensive or out of stock entirely. But after seeing how prices in general were rising I went back and bit the bullet.

It still hasn't been delivered yet, but the same drive is now double the price I paid anywhere I can see it in stock. And stock issues and price increases look like they are still an issue with the other 500GB drives, and sata SSDs in general.
 
Crucial P310 at £339 seems to be best 4TB at the moment.

I'm counting on the hive mind to alert us if/when there's any downward movement on 4tb NVME :)
 
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