Hard Drive Prices going way up...doubling even

[Jelorian]

Sorry if this is old news or a repost.

Have any of you checked how much 1 and 2 TB drives cost right now? Double what they were a few days ago.

Get those hard drives when you can.

http://www.channelregister.co.uk/2011/11/03/disk_drive_prices_may_double/

 

[lehtv]

Old news / repost... Yeah I had to. 😛

You can try to find those elusive HDD deals through pcpartpicker

 

[Jelorian]

Old news / repost... Yeah I had to. 😛

You can try to find those elusive HDD deals through pcpartpicker

Darn it! I hate it when I do that! Thanks for the link to ^^^^^.

 

[stahlhart]

Get those hard drives when you can.

Inciting panic among consumers isn't going to help.

 

[Jelorian]

Inciting panic among consumers isn't going to help.

I'm sure you are right, however, the price increase isn't due to panic buying among consumers. Most online vendors are only allowing 1 HD per customer anyways.

 

[Blain]

Why not hoard gasoline before it goes up also? :\

 

[lehtv]

Why not hoard gasoline before it goes up also? :\

If you're a frequent gasoline consumer, that's actually not a bad idea. Its price is bound to go up anyway. Having a dozen barrels in the back of your garage could save you cash in the long term, provided the same place isn't used during smoking breaks.

 

[Rvenger]

If you're a frequent gasoline consumer, that's actually not a bad idea. Its price is bound to go up anyway. Having a dozen barrels in the back of your garage could save you cash in the long term, provided the same place isn't used during smoking breaks.

What if the price drops out of the sky like it did in 2009?

 

[lehtv]

That's temporary.

 

[exdeath]

Whats a HDD? Those tape like things that people still use to move random data at 1.5 MB/sec in the 21st century?

 

[Cheesetogo]

Great. I was planning on buying a few 2 TB drives. Guess that's not going to happen for a while now. Newegg's price on the F4EG has nearly tripled.

 

[Blain]

Whats a HDD? Those tape like things that people still use to move random data at 1.5 MB/sec in the 21st century?

That 1950's tech is now an investment commodity, just like gold, silver, corn or pork bellies.
With interest rates so low it's time to tap that home equity and make out like a bandit. :hmm:

 

[crimsonjax]

HITACHI Deskstar 7K1000.D that I was going to get for my new build just more than doubled in price at newegg.. 🙁 $70 to $150 ... You guys think that the prices will come back down some or what??

 

[gmaster456]

The Spinpoint I was going to buy when from $59 to $139.

 

[stahlhart]

Whats a HDD? Those tape like things that people still use to move random data at 1.5 MB/sec in the 21st century?

 

[Blain]

Or This One.

But one good thing about these "HDs are getting expensive" threads is that they take some of the pressure off the "Help me pick new gaming parts on the cheap" threads.

 

[greenhawk]

You guys think that the prices will come back down some or what??

if you read the articals about the issue you will see that nearly all of them are talking about 6 months before manufacturing gets back up to speed. As to when prices return to normal, I can guess that the prices will drop slowly at that time. Until then, prices are most likly only to go up.

 

[greenhawk]

Having a dozen barrels in the back of your garage could save you cash in the long term,

assuming of course it does not go off (ie: water gets into it ect)

and that nothing happens to it like it gets stollen or used by someone else (that just takes it like a friend/child/parent/flatmate/neiboures ect).

and assuming it is suitable for the car you drive (not point having the fuel if the new car can not use it when you crash the old one).

 

[mfenn]

"Neibours", I don't think I've seen that one before! :awe:

Amazon used to have a Seagate 1TB for $75, but it looks like that's dried up. OWC now has a 7K1000.C 1TB for $100 and NCIX US has a Seagate 1TB for $100.