The graph above for 4 TB drives illustrates the trend very clearly, with an exceedingly sharp rise in the past two months. Also note the much wider distribution in prices (the gray area), potentially illustrating the wave of old-price stock going away.
For now, it's still easy to obtain speedy 4 TB drives around the $600-$800 mark, like the Corsair MP700 Elite or Samsung 9100 Pro. However, our guess is that those offerings are all but guaranteed to dry up really quickly, so if you're on the fence for buying one of them, it's best to pull the trigger right away on one of the best SSDs . And even mass-storage units around $500 like won't last long, either.
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vanadiel007 It's amazing when you think about it. Just 1 little trend is enough to have the complete stack of components skyrocket in price and perceived value. Reply
bit_user Some good info on the coming NAND shortage by a former Toms Hardware contributor (now SSD industry insider), in this post: https://forums.tomshardware.com/threads/phison-demos-10x-faster-ai-inference-on-consumer-pcs-with-software-and-hardware-combo-that-enables-3x-larger-ai-models-%E2%80%94-nvidia-amd-msi-and-acer.3891806/post-23585414 Reply
dimar This is insanity. 2 days ago local Best Buy Canada stores had 530R 1TB at a normal price, and today it's out of stock. I think they just removed the SSDs intentionally. Reply
JamesJones44 dimar said: This is insanity. 2 days ago local Best Buy Canada stores had 530R 1TB at a normal price, and today it's out of stock. I think they just removed the SSDs intentionally. Or a scalper bought them and is listing them on ebay for twice the price. This isn't uncommon, some people make a living looking for price "dislocations" and buy up local stock to reseal at a higher price on reseller platforms. Reply
DougMcC This should have been true already, these items are inherently more useful than gold, and significantly rarer. The only reason gold was higher was market cornering behavior by large government buyers. Reply
bit_user DougMcC said: This should have been true already, these items are inherently more useful than gold, Gold has lots of industrial and manufacturing applications, due to its corrosion resistance. I'm sure its softness and low melting point are also useful properties, in some cases. DougMcC said: and significantly rarer. Huh? I'm pretty sure there are a lot more NAND chips in the world than gold! If you amassed all of the gold that's been mined to date, it would form a cube only 21.7 meters per side. Meanwhile, there are billions of smart phones & tablets in the world. Just about every PC and server has multiple NAND chips in them, as well. Don't forget all the smart devices, memory cards, and USB thumb drive. It's hard for me to see how you can say gold isn't the rarer substance! DougMcC said: The only reason gold was higher was market cornering behavior by large government buyers. Based on what data? Personally, I doubt most of the gold is in government reserves. But, if you have good info to the contrary, do tell. Reply
Key considerations
- Investor positioning can change fast
- Volatility remains possible near catalysts
- Macro rates and liquidity can dominate flows
Reference reading
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- https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/storage/high-capacity-nvme-ssds-are-quickly-becoming-as-expensive-as-gold-by-weight-we-ran-the-figures-heres-what-we-found#main
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