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1. reenorap · 1790745605 · focus · HN ↗

   Hard drives.... I remember those things... didn't I used to use them before the Great HDD and SSD Extinction of 2025-2026?

   Seriously, I had to replace 2 hard drives in my NAS this year like a bad luck lottery and my hard drives have doubled in price. I was terrified that my NVMe was failing as well.

   1. literalAardvark · 1790746564 · focus · HN ↗

      12TB is still cheaper than I bought it.

      Yeah I'd prefer it to be even cheaper but the prices for HDDs aren't too bad.

      1. reenorap · 1790748860 · focus · HN ↗

         Where? Every one that I've seen is double from last year's price.

         1. literalAardvark · 1790753448 · focus · HN ↗

            I never said last year. I said they're similar to when I bought them.

            When I bought these they were peak GB/$, which is a fair couple of years ago.

            1. piva00 · 1790766088 · focus · HN ↗

               Might be quite a bit more than a couple, mine are from mid-2024 and cost less than half than current prices.

               1. literalAardvark · 1790772722 · focus · HN ↗

                  Yeah i guess I'm just compressing time too much.

                  But for me hdd prices feel like when people were panicking about crypto going down to prices that hadn't been seen in... days.

                  Now RAM and GPU prices, yeah. Those are bloody expensive.

      2. piva00 · 1790751071 · focus · HN ↗

         I've been tracking 12TB HDD prices for replacing a faulty one in my NAS for the past 6 months, I bought 4x 12TB HDD in 2024 for a total of 13k SEK (around 1300 USD) and right now a single one of the same brand/model is selling for 6750-7000 SEK (~675-700 USD).

         It is 2x the price of just 2 years ago, it's too bad.

      3. SirMaster · 1790777295 · focus · HN ↗

         I bought my 14TB drives 3 years ago for $135 each and now they are like $300...

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