Which SSD?

[YeOldeStonecat]

On a 2nd note has any one else noticing pricing creeping back up a bit.
Seem to be running about 10-20 dollars more than a year ago.
I was hoping they would keep going down!

Yeah in the past 4 weeks...I guess mostly about 2 weeks ago, big climb in price. Have noticed similar complaints (observations) in other online tech hangouts, and one or two of them pointed to some article about a "shortage" in certain components for SSDs...so the price hike is supposedly across all brands.

The price hike is around 20 bucks or slightly more...within just the past month!

 

[skdmaster]

Article that talks about the possible future of SSD pricing http://www.pcgamer.com/ssd-prices-could-see-a-steep-decline-in-2018/

 

[sapphirescales]

Article that talks about the possible future of SSD pricing http://www.pcgamer.com/ssd-prices-could-see-a-steep-decline-in-2018/

SSD pricing is still absolutely ridiculous. I really need a 4TB SSD but I don't want to spend $1,500 for a freaking drive. I think we'll still be using spinning rust for storage in 2025. I'd really like to see 10TB SSD's for under $200, but at the rate things are going that probably won't happen until 2030 and by then we'll have 50TB hard drives and a single movie will probably take up 500GB on our 16k or whatever TV's.

I have a 1TB SSD for my most frequently accessed files, but every time I have to fire up the regular hard drive to access something on it, it takes forever (especially generating picture thumbnails). I didn't buy the 1TB SSD until it got down to $350 and I won't buy the 4TB until it gets to that price point either. Hopefully I'll have a 4TB SSD by 2020.

 

[Diggs]

... spinning rust...

Actually spinning aluminum or ceramic I believe - heh!

and I agree with @sapphirescales when gaming. An SSD big enough for a gamer (1TB+) is usually dollars better spent elsewhere.

 

[brandonkick]

Some type of NAND shortage, from what I recall.... pricing of SSD's has gone up a good bit. Luckily I have SSD's already for both my primary desktop and primary laptop. Since I only very occasionally do break / fix for residential when I am doing PC repairs... I'm not that worried about it.

Hopefully by the time I ever go to buy another SSD, the price is back on the decline.

 

[ohio_grad_06]

I've had good luck with Crucial drives. Samsung is good, I've also used SanDisk which seemed ok, as well as emtec.

 

[TechLady]

Another vote for Samsung. Crucial no bueno.