Penang already go up almost like 100%. WD Caviar Blue 1TB is RM355 while 2 TB one cost RM650
Darn it. I was just planning to to go out to buy a NAS + 2TB HDD...

I think most shops going to start cut throat people soon already...
Going to go to Digital Match and check their prices...

its going to take longer than that, WD estimated its going to take at least 6 months for them to get production up and running again assuming the floods doesn't worsen than what was initially planned. By the time they finish the backlogs...Could very well be a year....or before Christmas 2012 if everything goes smoothly.

Seagate on the other hand, just announced that the following quarter will be a bullish market for them

I heard that in spite of the flooding events, Seagate Hard disk production has been limited by international organization to ensure "fair" business environment. How true is this? If true then this would not only drive hdd prices out of the ceiling but outer space

No, I don't. I just heard of it. I don't believe it either but just want to see if anyone is able to confirm that.

Reuters just reported that Seagate is lowering production due to shortage of parts and not the reason above.

The last time I checked abt WD, the flood level is almost hitting the roof of some of their factory buildings . Insurance companies are going to kena teruk kao kao this time.
And the peak of the flood has yet to come as high tide is scheduled to be next week. (now is low tide).

Maybe we'll see WD HDD boxes floating out in the river enxt week

I feel March 2012 is a very optimistic estimate...I estimate could take 3-4 months extra cuz March is the time when they can start clearing backlogs in orders...

American based PC Vendors won't be charging extra for their systems ... yet. Taiwan-based however are out of luck, their HDD inventories will probably won't go beyond this month and WD has already announced that they will not service them until the flood crisis is resolved.

2nd hand price also wont be cheap.... and I personally think its not a good idea to go for 2nd hand hard disks.

WD Caviar black 2TB just hit over RM700 mark here...
1 thing about malaysian prices...very fast go up but very slow come down...

kelvin_hata: the price list at pcdepot is old...the new updated pricelist now at pcdepot is

WD CAVIAR BLUE 160GB 8M IDE 280.00 WD CAVIAR BLUE 500GB 16M SATA-6 305.00
SEAGATE BARRACUDA 500GB 16M SATA-6 305.00 WD AV-GP GREEN 500GB 32M SATA 330.00
WD CAVIAR BLUE 1TB 32M SATA-6 420.00 SEAGATE BARRACUDA 1TB 32M SATA-6 420.00
WD CAVIAR GREEN 1TB 64M SATA-6 410.00 WD CAVIAR BLACK 1TB 64M SATA-6 430.00
WD CAVIAR GREEN 2TB 64M SATA-6 535.00 SEAGATE BARRACUDA GREEN 2TB 64M SATA-6 535.00
WD CAVIAR BLACK 2TB 64M SATA-6 730.00 WD CAVIAR GREEN 3TB 64M SATA-6 599.00

This post has been edited by SnoWFisH: Nov 9 2011, 05:56 PM

Yes, it has to do with the flood. The main problem with the flooding is not just Hard Disk assembly (We still got Seagate to assembly hard disks). The problem is a lot of the supplier manufacturing the hdd components also kena. What to assemble when you got no parts?

I checked the latest pricelist at a few shops...seems like the price has stabilize a bit for now, and in fact, seagate hdd price are decreasing slightly.

Obviously yes, even though some companies are not directly affected and sellers are jacking up prices because demand exceeds supply right now.

Our best move as consumers as a whole = hold off all hdd purchases. That way we can force the prices to come back down as soon as possible. (which in the end, probably next year)

This post has been edited by SnoWFisH: Nov 28 2011, 10:33 AM

Factories back in full production does not mean prices will drop instantly.
You need to factor in..
1. Shipping time (6-8 weeks to ship from continent to continent).
2. Custom release time
3. Internal shipping to local distributors.
4. Time taken by dealers to reduce the price, which they will gradually decrease over a period of time.

by the time all these happen, it will be around mid-2012.

WD kena hit left and right big time this time, kena whack by flood, being sue by seagate by something they might not have committed, and forced by EU to sell off 1 of their factory because of monopoly of HDD market.

This post has been edited by SnoWFisH: Nov 28 2011, 02:52 PM

largest is 1.5TB for 2.5" right now, due to the limitations of how many platters you can fit in vertically...

Yeap, but i still stand by WDC. So far my experience with seagate hdd...erm, 5 hdd spanning from 20 years ago until now....all died in less than a year...while my fireballs (2!) and wdc 120 GB 8MB cache from year 2000 still running strong

About Samsung spinspoints, my colleagues all KO on the same day, 1 week after warranty end (they buy together from pc fair). not sure if its coincidence or what....

Yea, but u might see the 2.5" height being taller if its 2TB....unless its SSD . that would set u back in the range of RM10k liao haha....

i think i will plug out my wdc 120 GB and put it into my NAS instead for now...

Good for you, seagate hard disks without fail failed me within a year (including 2 that came installed in hp notebooks~!). I think i got 6-7 dead seagate hard disks at home.

Fireballz still the best la...bring back memories

This post has been edited by SnoWFisH: Dec 1 2011, 11:03 AM

i think the performance difference between blue and green are quite slight, in your comparison green has bigger cache, so i'll say go for the green.

if you really want performance just get the black.

The best is to wait for the price to drop, so that we can reduce the demand to match the supply.

Knowing malaysian market....once go up very slow to come down

anyway some update about WD Plants, one WD plant in thailand has restarted production on November 30.

Head slider production in thailand to resume in March 2012, while WD Penang will kick off production (if im not wrong this is ahead of schedule) during the same time as well.

The rest of their plants are still....under water

sauce : http://www.wdc.com/en/company/pressroom/re...fd-566c63fe9c1d

This post has been edited by SnoWFisH: Dec 5 2011, 11:21 AM

Not all production have resumed to normal. WD manage to get only ONE plant up and running, the rest are still under water. Even when production is up and running, expect 2 or 3 months for them to be able to start shipping out to destinations (it takes 6-8 weeks for them to ship from plant to destination). Not to mention it will take a few months to clear backlog....

Its great that the japanese sliders companies manage to ship out their equipment with sampan and continue production on temporary higher ground, otherwise we might see the crisis propagate even further across all the hdd manufacturers.

In a nutshell....price will probably decrease slightly during CNY, and back to normal price in august next year (this is an optimistic observation). Honest thought? I don't think it'll be that smoothly.

This post has been edited by SnoWFisH: Dec 14 2011, 02:21 PM

5Mbps = 625 kBps

They will try to repair/refurbish their machines....i dont think they will reuse the water-logged components. Water-logged components are generally impossible to be reused...