When/where will SSD prices bottom out?

[Pheran]

So we've seen a sequence of great deals on SSD, with prices reaching as low or lower than 50 cents per gigabyte. Obviously no one can predict the future for sure, but how long do you think prices will keep dropping? Any predictions on the end pricing result?

 

[corkyg]

I think you are seeing the bottom right now except for possible clearing of inventory to make room for new models.

 

[Ben90]

I think you are seeing the bottom right now except for possible clearing of inventory to make room for new models.

Forgetting new technology all together, margins are still way too high to currently be bottomed out. For what it's worth, retail Cherryville is significantly cheaper now than it was for Intel employees four months ago.

 

[Eeqmcsq]

A few weeks ago, I read the rumor that NAND prices would fall because of Toshiba's increased production. Last week, I read the rumor that NAND prices would rise due to higher demand, but that might just be for mobile devices, and I don't know if that affects SSD NAND. So I don't know what to believe right now.

I do know that on Black Friday, if there are some monster SSD deals on the 120/128 GB drives or even the 240/256 GB drives, I'm snatching as many as I can afford. If not, then I'm satisfied with the SSD deals I've picked up over the past few months.

 

[kleinkinstein]

This Holiday season we'll likely see $0.40/GB. That will be the bottom. The only wild card is the flooded NAND in the market currently and the always unpredictable Vertex. If you find the ssd you want in the capacity you crave for anything less than 50-cents, snap it up!

 

[rimara]

First post..... I remember several years ago when a bunch of the guys at work were rushing down to Fry's (local electronics store) because they couldn't believe it when RAM went below $40/meg and they wanted to get it before the prices went back up. SSDs (solid state drive) prices ($/gb) will drop steadily from here. Prices may stay steady or bump up slightly due to temporary demand spikes, but the long term trend is down. Expect startling price drops coinciding with major production, process and technology breakthroughs. We've been here before.

 

[Hugo Drax]

I remember paying 400 bucks for 512K of memory

 

[Hulk]

I think we're starting to hit mass market penetration pricing about now. Which means that economies of scales will start to really bring the price down. There will always be a high end market for the SSD's, just like anything else if you want large capacities and state of the art speeds. But if you're looking for decent capacity and speed we're almost there now. When you can put a 240GB drive in your computer for $150 that's pretty good in my opinion.

I still need the really big mechanical drives 2GB for mass storage but eventually we'll see even that size going for $200. They'll be much slower than the smaller drives but geared specifically for the purpose of video and music storage.

 

[jhansman]

Getting ready to spring for a 512GB drive come Black Friday. I'm not going to stand in the freezing rain to get it, but you can bet deals will be coming on hardware you know you want.

 

[razel]

I remember paying 400 bucks for 512K of memory

You beat me. 128k RAM for $80, but my folks did cough up for me, $400 for a 20MB HDD. Stupid Radio Shack ripped us off. Mail order catalogs had double the capacity for the same price.

What's amazing... that Tandy PC is still running. The HDD still works.