HDD prices to stay the same till 2014

[ljtechservices]

HDD prices to stay the same till 2014

Article says deals with computer manufacturers are to blame.

Also states that supply issues should be fixed by Q3 2012. I was more concerned about this than the prices. Having a restriction of 1 or 2 per order, per day, was a pain in the butt a few times this past 6 months.

[Rosco]

prices have already dropped a little.

I have a feeling the prices will never be what they used to.

[Slaters Kustum Machines]

Originally Posted by Bobscomputerservice

prices have already dropped a little.

I have a feeling the prices will never be what they used to.

Agreed, I was surprised when I looked on newegg and saw prices were a little lower today than the last time I looked.

[Appleby]

I priced a 500 GB WD desktop drive from Amazon on Monday and Tuesday morning the identical item was $5 cheaper. They have come down about 20% in the last few weeks to a month. I mark my parts up and the high prices have really made that harder.

Also, I had a brand new 500 GB drive I took out of the box and dropped it and it hit hard and rolled all the way across the floor. I fired it up....click click click. Last week I pulled a 320 GB laptop drive off the shelf and put it in a laptop, loaded Win 7, rebooted and it froze. It acted really strange and I suspected it might be a bad HD. I ran a couple tests and sure enough....it failed. I don't know where I bought it or when, so I ate that one too. Pretty costly at the current prices.

[HalfordsIT]

I live in western australia, when the floods hit thailand, th cost for HDD shoot up dramaticly. I bought a 2TB HDD a month before for $70, afterwards the same drive was $300. It has now just returned to somewhere around the pre-flood prices. Hopefully nothing else disrupts the pricing anytime soon.

[twincountycomputers]

I'm not sure about newegg or anywhere else, but ASI is selling 500GB WD drives for $68.86 this morning and has been about that price for a few weeks. That's down from a high of $130 - $140.

[joydivision]

With the price of memory falling to stupidly low levels the prices of hard drives have to fall. By the end of the year I reckon a 320GB SSD will be less than £100 at the current rates.

The price of the Samsung 160GB SATA 2.5" has fallen to £34 now retail in the UK, ok its still a long way of the pre flood days when 500GB ones were that price but it is a step in the right direction.