QUOTE(TristanX @ Mar 28 2024, 02:00 PM)
Not easy now. Price went up a lot since Nov 2023.
Surprisingly, Samsung 990 Pro price did not move.
I wonder why SSD price increase ? is it because of HBM memory shortage because many country hoarding for storage on AI ?
QUOTE(horns @ Mar 29 2024, 07:06 PM)
ssd price hike is not a big deal to most people i think. to them, ssd is just not one of their priorities. that's why we never have news about general public going panic when ssds have its price hiked.
for those who know a bit more, i believe they already have enough time to get prepared since last year hehe
but it's a big deal where it increase over 60%.Last year still see samsung 870 , 500GB rm160 as now rm270.
Even worst , mechanical HDD follow the trend , if HDD hike , HDD also hike.Last year still can get WD blue rm230 2TB now over rm330.
2nd hand HDD also increase ? no reason at all.
QUOTE(babylon52281 @ Mar 30 2024, 11:53 AM)
Depends on who you ask. Many still come here wondering why SSD prices so expensive like they didnt get the memo months ago, so some might want to hold purchase thinking it might drop again but hooboy its gonna go even higher again. So those holdouts buy now if still can, but you really should have bought months ago.
Since it going to hike , what is the cheapest solution now ? holdout or buy now ? or buy 2nd ?