nah....expect prices to only return normal earliest by august/sept this year...

2TB hard disk just decreased around rm30-rm40, but the price is still above RM500...

Did chkdsk prompt any problem with ur disk?

Then time to RMA it liao....

Just went to PC Fair penang today...500GB external hard disk is at RM229

price now definitely improving but at a very slowly pace....

That price was a for Samsung external HDD.

If i'm not mistaken...the latest batch of buffalo uses samsung hdd inside.

Actually, hdd spoil or not depends on ur luck too. even if a 100 hdd spoil out of a 100 000 units, its considered very good reliability from the manufacturer.

like mine for example, my seagates all kaput within 1-2 years. but my 8 year old WD 120GB caviar still alive and kicking. Not only that, both of my fireballs are still running without any problems.

On the contary...If not mistaken WD just reaffirmed their stance on staying put in Thailand....

Despite the floods, not advantageous for them to move out as all the manufacturing HDD parts are in thailand.

Precisely the reason why other hdd companies are affected even though they dont have any plants in thailand.

No ler.....hahah...Companies like TDK, Niger all manufacture major HDD components and they are in Thailand and they are all underwater . Maybe except Niger, they literally used sampan to ship out all their critical machines to higher ground and still able to continue production. In terms of crisis preparation i think nobody can beat the Japanese . Still, other parts shortage causes huge lead times to other companies. And since most HDD manufacturers are American companies, they are focusing in providing hdd to US vendors and markets first.

Because WD focused so much of their manufacturing in Thailand, yes they are much pretty underwater.

This post has been edited by SnoWFisH: Jan 11 2012, 09:49 AM

Not really protect WD lah, is take advantage of the situation. They even slash warranty to 1 year

If they want to protect WD they wouldn't be suing WD right now at this time, just because a staff quit Seagate and joined WD. Quite un-sportmanship eh?

The price hike is not really controlled by the manfacturers, they are manipulated by the merchants

This post has been edited by SnoWFisH: Jan 12 2012, 09:46 AM

That's why good PSU are very expensive. IF you see high end PSU like Thermaltake ones, theirs have 2 x 12 V+ rails, and each rail channels up to 75A each. Not to mention our supply TNB is quite erratic. I seen my housemate's PSU exploded in smokes, even though the PC and mains are OFF.

Just to be safe, dont power it from the same rail that power your graphics card....

Yes its a lot higher...Only SSD are not affected.

I din't really observe 3TB but should be RM300++, since 2TB is only around RM250.

Whooops...sorry I was quoting Internal HDD Prices....not external...