Price of SSDs through the roof

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wonderwicemike@reddit

I was putting my current build on pc part picker and was shocked how much my 870 evo 4tb costs right now. Absolutely insane.

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Luna-Landing@reddit

I wanted to buy a SanDisk Extreme Portable SSD 4TB, I've got a number of them for my RAW files.
The current Amazon price is £641 (discounted by 33% to £428.99 - which is crazy in of itself)

Looking at my Amazon history I last bought the same product 8 months ago for £218.49

RRP £641
to
RRP £218.49

That really is nuts. No way I can justify that cost. I guess we wait until the war is over...

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ConsistencyWelder@reddit

This is a good opportunity to say how thankful we should be for Steam. Being able to delete and reinstall games in a few minutes means storage space isn't as crucial as it used to be.

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forgotmapasswrd86@reddit

reinstall games in a few minutes

WHAT KIND OF INTERNET DO YOU HAVE?

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Bullet0AlanRussell@reddit

I use my mobile hotspot and while it's nowhete near 1gbps I do get around like 300-400mbps lol. Having unlimited high speed internet for like 4 dollars a month is cool af lmfao.

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ZoteTheMitey@reddit

1GB/s. No data cap. I downloaded crimson desert in 10 minutes or something

I think even 1GB/s is even slow compared to some cities nowadays. But I live in a rural area

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vosnezki@reddit

1GB/s? Man I barely even have 10Mb/s.

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LoudFan2771@reddit

Can you not do that on other store fronts?

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WingerRules@reddit

He's saying before steam existed this was not the case with games.

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God, I remember the abysmal "Digital River" backed game and software stores. You could download your game, at most, twice within 48h or purchase an "extended download pass" for a ludicrous fee to get a six months / five downloads window instead.

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shaggy24200@reddit

.....so long as you have unlimited data on your internet. Capped data plans are still a thing in many places, and streaming video already uses a lot.

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NetJnkie@reddit

Congrats on getting out of that cave!

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Insane-Man@reddit

Tbf the price for that specific samsung 870 evo line only went up recently.

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metal_medic83@reddit

Yea, I was going to ask where they have been for 4-5 months.

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iszoloscope@reddit

Next thing you know they're going to tell us RAM prices went up as well...

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frederikABN@reddit

I just had to buy 32 gb ddr5 because i didnt see that i cant re-use my ddr4 with my new motherboard as Im upgrading my pc… jesus, i almost had to sell a kidney for that shit

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iszoloscope@reddit

Yeah prices are insane right now unfortunately...

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frederikABN@reddit

Yeah, worst part is that it’s entirely my fault that I didn’t realise the new motherboard only takes ddr5. I’m terrible at tech, I just like gaming so I didn’t even realise that could be a problem. Expensive lesson I guess. Especially after already buying everything else for a new pc other than hard drive and SSD.. oof

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hqli@reddit

I'm assuming you have a nvme pcie 4.0 ssd, in which case you should probably reuse your old one. NVME pcie 5.0 is faster NVME pcie4.0 by a lot for a bit more heat, but realistically, you're probably not going to feel a difference between 0.1s and 0.2s loading times.

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frederikABN@reddit

I have no clue what my two SSDS are. One of them is 1tb of like the old school little ssd drive and then I have a 500gb one that you put onto the motherboard, I assume that would be the pcie something ssd 😅

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iszoloscope@reddit

You went AMD I assume? I believe that Intel still has DDR 4 options for later gens, but I don't know exactly up to which gen...

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frederikABN@reddit

Nope, I went intel. Got a I-7-14700k, a rtx 5060 TI 16gb (half price last Black Friday) I just needed a new motherboard because the one I have doesn’t have the right socket, and the new one I bought from MSI doesn’t doesn’t fit ddr4. Super annoying since I did research that the cpu works with ddr4 (I don’t really know what any of this means 😅)

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bisexualwoomy@reddit

They do make lga 1700 ddr4 motherboards, you would’ve had to look for that specifically

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frederikABN@reddit

Yeah i saw when trying to put my pc Together and realising my ram didn’t fit earlier today. MSI makes the exact same motherboard I bought but for ddr4. But I can’t return it anymore so I just decided to bite the bullet and upgrade my ram despite it being overpriced, instead of spending less to buy the same motherboard for ddr4 and having a duplicate motherboard I don’t need. At least my pc gets better going from 16gb ddr4 to 32 gb ddr5 🤷🏼

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marsd@reddit

MOST people don't really keep up with news/prices of things they aren't personally invested in until something crops up?

Like maybe when things spoil or thinking of upgrades.

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MasterDiiscord@reddit

this. i built my pc back in 2020. i have no idea what prices are now because i haven't needed to upgrade anything

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PM_me_punanis@reddit

Exactly. Latest PC I built was in 2024. I know prices are outrageous right now due to all the news, but I don't know exactly how much because I haven't bothered to window shop online.

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prince_0611@reddit

Yeah same. Last upgrade I did was 2 years ago upgrading from a ryzen 5 2600 to a ryzen 7 5800x, and going from 16gb ddr4 to 32 gb.

It would be nice to upgrade 2 of my 1tb hdds to ssds and add another SSD but they’re so expensive now and I can wait since I don’t game nearly as much as I used to.

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Riaayo@reddit

I'll take people bitching about it daily over people letting it become normalized, honestly.

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NetJnkie@reddit

No one is normalizing anything. It's the reality.

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rdldr1@reddit

Basement?

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AstralElement@reddit

slowpoke meme

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Niet_de_AIVD@reddit

internet explorer meme

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DoubleExposure@reddit

https://imgur.com/VkmRt0o

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FReeDuMB_or_DEATH@reddit

The same 2tb SSD that was like $130 a few years ago is sitting at over $600 right now. This timeline is cooked.

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borretsquared@reddit

crazy. i got a used $120 1tb ssd a week ago and that was a really good deal for what the ssd is.

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Axe_Raider@reddit

Make sure it actually has that capacity!

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borretsquared@reddit

i bought off of ebay so i can report if need be. it still had it's thermal goop and the sticker said the same capacity as what it is so i think i'll be alright. generally good advice though!

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Ok-Kitchen8607@reddit

What seller? Have you run a test on it ? Ive seen ( in videos not personally) everything from faking the capacity too making a fake ssd which is just a module that holds a sd card. So the capacity is even true but its slowwwww. But if its legit at that price....

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borretsquared@reddit

ill test it for your sanity lol. it's a gen 4 x4 drive so the price isnt THAT good.

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borretsquared@reddit

came out as 100% full capacity and the read speed.

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dasbooter@reddit

That's used enterprise anyways right? Different application

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love_lofti@reddit

I bought a samsung 9100 pro 8tb off ebay like 3-4 months ago for 600. 100% works as intended but ebay does have good protections.

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SaltyMagmaCubexD@reddit

Yup I got a 4TB nvme SSD, the Samsung wd_black with heatsink, like 400 CAD in December but now its like wayyyyyyyyyy more like 800 or 1000 hahha

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soru_baddogai@reddit

Fuck openAI man. Fuck Sam Altman

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OmegaQuake@reddit

It's okay, he's fucked anyway

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c_will@reddit

I bought a 2 TB Samsung 990 Pro for a build I did in 2023 for $170.

It's now $630, shipped and sold by Amazon.

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Satellite_bk@reddit

i got that ssd in january for $300 at microcenter.

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Col2543@reddit

Did the same. Genuinely feels like last chopper out of nam was ‘23/early ‘24

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Tomcat848484@reddit

Got the 9100 Pro 4TB for 329.99 on December 1st 2025, cyber Monday deal.

MSRP now 1359.99 although Amazon and Best Buy currently list it for “only” 779.99

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mickandrorty137@reddit

I got the 8tb for 750 on that same sale, now msrp is $2799!! It’s often “on sale” though for 700/800 off. Insanity

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qwertyuiop132465@reddit

Yep, 990evo 2tb I bought in 2025 fo $129 is now $499.

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katzengoldgott@reddit

My 980 Pro 2 TB was about 180 € when I got it in 2023c it’s now somewhere hovering around 450 € (Germany).

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nuenoxnyx@reddit

Forget going back 3 years, the 2TB 990 EVO Plus was only $130-140 back in October 2025.

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wavvykrockett@reddit

I paid $145 for mine right after Christmas so I get it. I’ve been thinking about reselling for a while

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Relevant_Ring_5055@reddit

I bit the bullet when they started to rise and got that same Samsung for 249€, kind of Bad but much better than now

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FReeDuMB_or_DEATH@reddit

Yea I think that's the one I was looking h at. Insane.

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lacrosse1991@reddit

My $150 Samsung 4TB T7 Shield goes for over $1100 now lol. Absolute madness

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TriflingHusband@reddit

I just checked on the 4TB Crucial P3 drive I got in Nov 23 and I paid $160 for it then and the only option for it now is $800 and the cheapest 4TB I could find on Amazon was $600. Sheer insanity.

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FReeDuMB_or_DEATH@reddit

That is insane!

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psykal@reddit

Cooked?

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MWink64@reddit

The 1TB version was $50 in 2023.

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core916@reddit

Yea my 64gb of DDR5 6000 ram was $135 when I bought it in like 2024. Same kit at MC is like $800 now. Crazy stuff

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Castun@reddit

I spent like $300 for a 64gb kit back in 2024 (paid more for the higher speed and fancy RGB heatsinks) but that price has nearly tripled.

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iszoloscope@reddit

That's a really good deal, I bought 32GB 6000 for 102 euro in August 2023.

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flappity@reddit

I impulse bought a 64GB ram upgrade in September for $180. Probably the best impulse buy of my life, as now the same RAM on Amazon is available for $1100.

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coolboy856@reddit

That means it's an SSD not carried anymore.

2tb SSDs are NOT $600

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hughk@reddit

I bought a 4TB 990 pro for just under €300 in November, last year. Now, the same SSD costs €583. So, almost doubled in five months.

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dark_knight097@reddit

I bought two 4tb 990 pro for less than that a few months ago, damn

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IAmOver18ISwear@reddit

I’m kicking myself for not buying a 2TB Samsung NVME for $120 on sale at Best Buy almost 2 years ago.

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magnation4200@reddit

I bought the 990 2tb for $122 July 11th 2025, so glad I did lmao.

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TortieMVH@reddit

Yep. 2026 is a bad year to upgrade.

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Ambitious_Campaign23@reddit

i built a pc in 2026. sometimes the best time is now haha

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wafflepiezz@reddit

Seems to be getting worse too

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Jayhuntermemes@reddit

Hopefully that bubble will pop soon.

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khronyk@reddit

Things are going to get a lot worse. It's not just the ai data centres now, it's Trump's war... Helium is critical to semiconductor manufacturing and hard drive manufacturing and Qatar supplies about 35% of the world's supply.... Supply is cut off, plants are damaged and the tankers weren't designed for long term storage. Supply won't be back to normal for years. This is going tocause delays, shortages and further drive prices through the roof.... Tech is cooked

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EqualCash20@reddit

I remember the same garbage takes during Covid when dummies were screaming that gpu prices would never return to normal and that 1200 bucks was a good buy for a rtx 3060 lol.

Only morons fall for these pump and dump schemes.

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reversethrust@reddit

It’s not already starting to unravel…? Middle East data centers are going nowhere. Stargate UK is going nowhere. Half of all US AI DCs are slowed or cancelled… the only thing that didn’t stop was oracle layoffs.

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Suvtropics@reddit

It has. Give it a little more time

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Hugh_Jass_Clouds@reddit

There are still data center contracts that have already been signed, and the ink has long dried. Those contracts are still going to affect ssd, ram, and flash based storage. Micro SD cards that were $80 at this time last year ate now going for $150+.

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meteorahybrid01@reddit

there is a data center in the works in my area, but most of the residents dont want it here.

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ba123blitz@reddit

New data centers are being approved and building central Ohio. So not sure what your source is but I’ll gladly show dozens of facebook posts from my local communities complaining about them and urging people to go to meetings.

BUT here’s the kicker the companies try to fill the meetings with execs so the actual citizens living there can’t get in or are forced to stand and spill out in the lobby.

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tripletaco@reddit

Very easy to counter shenanigans like that. Our city council required proof of residence for our hearings. And the data center was voted down because it was made clear what would happen nexr election.

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ba123blitz@reddit

Damn that’s nice. In my area intel and amazon had all the people they initially bought land from sign NDAs so it was already too late for my town.

The surrounding townships and towns are now fighting the expansion but no proof of residence required to attend the meetings

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Nate379@reddit

AI DCs are being slowed due to shortages, the problem is nowhere near coming to an end.

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Infrah@reddit

It’s not already starting to unravel…?

Not really. Source: NAND/RAM prices are still as high as ever...

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forgotmapasswrd86@reddit

Too many hands in the pot for the bubble to crash anytime soon.

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DeepOrangeSky@reddit

If the bubble pops, then RAM and SSDs will be cheaper, but, given how hard the economy would crash, most likely there would unfortunately be a zombie apocalypse of some sort (I've seen enough movies to know how this stuff tends to go). So, looks at palms of hands and weighs them back and forth kind of one of those "which one is worse" situations I guess. RAM and SSD prices are so brutal rn that I think maybe the zombie apocalypse would be less bad, but it's close.

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Satellite_bk@reddit

even if the bubble pops now prices won’t likely stabilize for awhile longer. especially with all the instability happening around certain shipping lanes.

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KaiDay11@reddit

Most years seem to be bad years to upgrade.

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anotherwave1@reddit

SSDs have been steady for a long time. Ram was steady for a long time. Covid hit everything but prices did revert on most PC parts. Graphics cards have been in their own category of crazy for a long time.

The recent ram and SSD prices rises are exceptional. It's an exceptionally bad year to upgrade.

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whatame55@reddit

IDK early 2025 was pretty good all things considered. There was a bit of a wait for MSRP GPUs and CPUs, but otherwise it was pretty painless before the mid year spike in RAM prices

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Bac-Te@reddit

Fuck sam altman

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TortieMVH@reddit

Same with 2024

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Cultural_Today6138@reddit

Joke's on you, I've got an all-used ryzen 5600 build with 6800xt and I'm happy with it

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finspro-@reddit

Thanks SCAM Altman!

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Sub16Vegan@reddit

Got a 870 4tb evo unopened and 2 x WD Blue 3D unopened (as good as 870 evo) I don't know whether to sell them or keep them, what if we never get SSDs again

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txb17@reddit

Yo, I'm n the same situation, do look for older models or less known brands, if these are only for games NVMY or SATA will be good for it, however, if you wanna do AI and similar stuff, you will sadly need a mid tier SATA or NVME, which is way more expensive

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DiscoingGD@reddit

I was looking at the same one, but for 24/7 security recording. I didn't want to pay $200, but I definitely won't pay $340. Idk much about the tech markets, but hopefully it's a short-term spike.

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Jonnyflash80@reddit

Welcome to the present. Where you been?

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Rich_Barracuda_796@reddit

Get a PNY ssd

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Velokieken@reddit

Yeah it’s crazy, I had to buy a new Thunderbolt enclosure because I had some problems with the first one. It still reads the drives but won’t boot from them. It’s also a 4 NVME enclosure and I have 7 NVME drives. But 2 of the 7 are old a 512 one and a 1 tb one, I had these in PCI express tb 2 boxes.

I would like to buy 2 to 4 4TB or 8TB NVME drives but the prices are insane.

The most crazy one is the 4TB sata SSD from Samsung it’s 800 euros. I bought a 4TB T7 for 235 euro during Black Friday. I still like Sata drives, they don’t get as hot and I got a couple of docking stations where you can just plug them in. For most stuff I don’t need 6000 write speed. And the newer NVME drives get crazy hot while the 4 NVME enclosures get only 3000 write anyway, like an 970 evo plus NVME.

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Rusko_2@reddit

Idk where you live.. In Serbia price are "stable" for evo ssds.. m2 990 EVO PLUS 1tb is 22k in gigatron its around 190€.. Sata 870 1tb is around 180€

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EndingDragon159@reddit

man I’m so glad I decided to splurge for a 4TB SSD for $190 2 years ago

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UKbigman@reddit

Lol it’s why I was buying multiples of every component I have been able to afford. It’s not getting better any time soon - we may literally never have access to such cheaply manufactured tech again.

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FoxDie-6@reddit

Yep. Just like cheap used cars. Not a thing anymore. Cheap PC components are going bye bye. Only the really well off folks can enjoy things

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FoxDie-6@reddit

Welcome to the 21st century. Every fuckin' thing is expensive. It's not going to get better either.

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Hairy_Act_8498@reddit

The sad part is that 1TB is barely enough now days.

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FrozenShootr_xD@reddit

It depends on what ur doing, but yeah it’s kind of the minimum now.

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WingerRules@reddit

I'd say most people need more for anything other than web browsing or making word documents.

Like the percentage of PC desktop users who now either game, do photoshop/photo work, video editing or storage, music, streaming, ahem... pirating, etc is very high. A single major game can take up 120-150gb now.

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Cultural_Today6138@reddit

Put all the stuff you don't use on a traditional SATA drive (yes they exist) and then swap out when you want to game or do whatever. 1TB is plenty, quit lying

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soru_baddogai@reddit

Prices of hard drives are through the roof as well. 1TB is definitely not plenty for gamers. Some games are literally 400 gigs now.

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Cultural_Today6138@reddit

-2 points on my original comment.

If a game is 400 gigs, first of all, consider what the... alright, but second of all - like I said, swap on to a cheaper drive, then swap to get the high speed of the sata drive.

Not everyone has the money assholes. You are first to the march for bernie and first to downvote people who can't get ram on reddit.

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soru_baddogai@reddit

What are you on about? Is this some psyop to make right wingers look bad or something?

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Cultural_Today6138@reddit

How is advice of building of an affordable machine republican, you miserable worm? I'm not even american and not remotely republican.

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Stunning_Box8782@reddit

nobody tell him about RAM prices

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Satellite_bk@reddit

jeez. i got a 2tb samsung 990 pro for $300 and a 4tb samsung t9 external for $515 january 2026. wonder how much more they cost now?

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Better-Can-286@reddit

bro same, i was planning to upgrade my storage this year and saw the prices and just closed the tab immediately. like a 2tb ssd used to be so affordable and now it's just... no. the tariff situation is genuinely cooked. i'm just gonna wait it out and hope prices drop by end of year but honestly not holding my breath. at this point just speedrunning the "cope with slow storage" any% until things get better lol

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jhenryscott@reddit

Jesus. I paid $225 for a 4TB SN850x back in December

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insanekyo@reddit

Sometimes I just blink and these prices magically double

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-Tasear-@reddit

😢 at least I got ran before the techpocalypse

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HiFiRadioBoy@reddit

Because every company is gouging now, even on products that have NO RIGHT to be increased.

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emptyzon@reddit

All the SSDs I’ve purchased in the past few years ranging from 1 to 8 TB have doubled to tripled in price. My newest build is worth more now than when the RTX 5000 series was released.

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Real-Disk8635@reddit

IKR. I have 3 990 pro ssds. I went to get another and realized the price spike.

I got a 1tb 990 pro on Amazon a few years ago for 50 bucks on sale. I just realized I now have over $1200 of storage in my pc.

Its absolutely ridiculous

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Kronix86@reddit

I've been wanting to get another ssd as my os is on 500gb and my games are all on a hdd. Had a few games now that dont run as well unless they are installed on a ssd. Sadly with the prices of ssds and gpus I dont see me being able to upgrade anytime soon.

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superbok1@reddit

8tb hdd I bought a year ago is up 72% ... Prices are ridiculous.

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DarkeyeMat@reddit

Ooh ooh ooh do homeless next!

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True_Membership2134@reddit

Sad prices have been up for like a year now the cheapest 1TB on Newegg/Amazon used to be $48-$55usd for me now they're over $150

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sprucedotterel@reddit

Go to your local computer repair shop and ask for old apple nvme drives (usually made by samsung). Many, many people with intel macs upgraded the paltry drives in their laptops with larger nvme ones using adapters.

The old apple drives are lying unused at those shops because apple’s proprietary port, which in reality is not all that proprietary, just a pinout switch. While it is more common to find nvme-to-apple adapters, it’s also possible to find the reverse adaptors online. I’m upgrading my new PC with a second nvme tomorrow, which is a 500 GB nvme that came preinstalled in my 2015 Macbook Pro 15.

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venkattalks@reddit

same thing happened to me when a 2TB drive i was watching jumped almost overnight and suddenly the 'wait for a sale' plan was dead. SSD prices through the roof always seems to hit right when a build is 90% done, then you're staring at the cart trying to justify going smaller like it's 2018 again.

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sollord@reddit

Lol I have an 4TB 990 pro sitting on my desk for a project I never started and it was selling on Amazon for $950-$1000 when it was in stock I got it for $260 basically 13 months ago...

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Linny911@reddit

Bought Samsung 990 4tb ssd late last year for $260 and now it's $1150. Haven't even opened it yet.

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NotLunaris@reddit

Sell that shi bro, make your bag

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maxgeek@reddit

A 990 Pro 4TB is a $1000 drive now

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glidost3@reddit

yeah i bought this one last year exactly, April 6, 2025, and it cost me 280. wtf..

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coolsam254@reddit

Man I wanted to buy one and saw them at that price and thought "that's too expensive" lmao curse you past me.

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gomezer1180@reddit

Sell it back you may make 500 on it.

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coolboy856@reddit

That's what I did with my second 16gb stick, 140% the price of the 2x16 set 😎

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YearofthegoatUK@reddit

Lol. £499 Amazon UK

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madsci1016@reddit

I remember biying them for $180....

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bigdickwalrus@reddit

4TB 990 pro?? It was never 180 USD lol

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madsci1016@reddit

Yep it was check slickdeals history. Samsung student discount stacked with toolbar cash back.

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Duka65@reddit

Nah it was. I got one for that price with government discount stacked with some other things on Blackfriday in 2023

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EdliA@reddit

Damn. I bought one for 300 a year ago. Got lucky I guess

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Vodka_Reloaded@reddit

I bought 3 8tb ones a few years back. Living in the boonies means I needed the space if I didn't want to wait a day to download a game

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kcpistol@reddit

It ain't great. Wait til those price increases hit the prebuilts and small business prices go through the roof, good times.

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Hungry_Freaks_Daddy@reddit

I have an old Samsung evo ssd, whenever I plug it in it slows windows down to a crawl. I gave up on it awhile back. I think the drive is still usable…if I can just format it. But it slows whatever computer you hook it up to down like crazy.

Anyone have any ideas on how to format it?

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MWink64@reddit

How old? Could it still be under warranty (usually 5 years)?

The first thing I'd do is check SMART for anything concerning. If that looks good, I'd do a Secure Erase/Sanitize. That should return it to the most optimal state possible. The easiest way may be to use Samsung Magician to perform the operation, though there are other ways.

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Hungry_Freaks_Daddy@reddit

It’s older than that. I’ll look up the secure erase

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Certain_Shake_5157@reddit

Stop buying Samsung junk. They got 8x profit and are still not satisfied. They want to increase their price another 30%.

Greedy ass corporation.

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11_Seb_11@reddit

Could you please suggest another brand which is not greedy and sell me an equivalent product for half of the price?

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KingBasten@reddit

ebay

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11_Seb_11@reddit

Nice troll, but this is not a brand, just a random marketplace where you can find official and expensive products, or cheap and counterfeit alternatives.

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soru_baddogai@reddit

Unlike Micron who literally killed their Crucial brand to serve the corporate overlords only.

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Social_Gore@reddit

good point. what is the name of that non-greedy corporation that you buy from again? I forgot

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Celcius_87@reddit

I’m glad I got my 4TB Samsung 9100 pro when I did

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funkmetal1592@reddit

Have a trio of 4TB 870 Evos that I pulled out when I upgraded to my pair of 8TB SN850X's and even surprised me realizing those 2.5's are worth literally almost worth their weight in gold.

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MWink64@reddit

I hope they're the revised version or you updated their FW, otherwise they're timebombs.

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funkmetal1592@reddit

The 870 Evo's? They are on the latest firmware, but pretty sure that read-only mode bug I think you're referring to only affected the 980 Pro's, which I also have a pair of 2TB's in my PC running the latest firmware as well

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MWink64@reddit

The issue with the 870 EVOs was far worse than just going read-only. Their contents would slowly rot, eventually leading to the drives suddenly dying. It was a huge problem with the original release (which was available until at least 2023). There's a discussion about the issue which is probably several hundred pages.

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funkmetal1592@reddit

Ah, well, I updated them at the same time I updated my 980 Evos which was mid 2023 or so. I should be fine I imagine

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Final-Rush759@reddit

2.5 inch SSDs are rare now.

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DatGuy_Shawnaay@reddit

Maybe I should sell my old 860 Evo before the bubble bursts 😭 I could do with a refresh lol

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MWink64@reddit

That's possibly the best consumer SATA SSD ever made. The 870 EVO was barely better on paper, but ended up having serious reliability issues.

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SnooDucks7896@reddit

I noticed that just recently. I bought a 2TB WD Black SN850X SSD for $173 at Best Buy back in 2023. The very same one now costs $369. Ridiculous.

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Magikarp_King@reddit

Welcome to the world of PC building during the AI bubble.

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Dr_Doom42@reddit

I bought that ssd when it was that cheap but it's 500gb one. I wish I buyed 1tb

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MechanicalTurkish@reddit

Holy shit. I paid $250 for this 4TB SSD 2 years ago and even then I thought that was a little steep. Still going strong, though. It’s $630 now.

https://www.microcenter.com/product/647867/Performance_Plus_4TB_3D_TLC_NAND_PCIe_Gen_4_x4_NVMe_M2_Internal_SSD

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nierh@reddit

That's just samsung tax. Crucial and Kingston have 1TB Nvme SSDs for like $150.

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Kilmoore@reddit

I've got an HDD in my desktop making annoying creaky noises. It seems I'll have to replace it with another HDD instead of the SSD I had planned.

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Bonewel@reddit

990 evo plus 1 tb that I bought April 2025 was $180 and is now $500. Vengeance Pro RGB 32gb was $75 is now $312. 5060ti 16gb (not the best, I know) was $429 is now $600. Corsair 5000d airflow RGB was $185 is now $302. My power supply, motherboard, and cpu are all a bit older and haven’t gone up in price. All of my Corsair fans are also $5-10 cheaper each. Overall, PC parts has risen to unaffordable prices for a normal person.

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elonelon@reddit

lucky me i got cheap 2nd hand fresh OEM SSD 120GB for $10 for my external hdd......LAST YEAR hahahha

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MsRiaCayde@reddit

I work at as as the IT operations specialist for a 1:1 school district and let me tell you that the price of CHROMEBOOKS has jumped 150$ (450$ up from 300$) so far for us and we can’t order our ~800 units until July 1 and it doesn’t look like it’s gonna stop rising anytime soon

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SolidTake@reddit

Hahaha remember that 80% of this sub would always suggest just wait it will go down in price soon when it came to GPU, RAM, storage prices.

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The_awful_falafel@reddit

I threw my current PC build in PCpartpicker and am shaking my head at how the price of my system keeps going UP. It's just funny now how ridiculously expensive some parts are vs. when I bought them.

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Rainwalker28@reddit

I got a drive for my build at the perfect time, black friday last year. $140 for a 2tb T705. Only got it because the gen 4 version(T500) was going for same price

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wumr125@reddit

Oh yeah it happened just recently in the past 40 weeks!

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lycosa13@reddit

Ummm * gestures at the world*

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SetLow3547@reddit

I need to upgrade to a 4tb to keep current projects online. Almost 1000$ cad online, 1500$ if you go to a brick and mortar store. Seems almost s better deal to get a second tb enclosure and a 2TB…

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RX3000@reddit

I got a pretty nice system a couple years ago for like $3500. I put all the same parts together on pcpartpicker last week just for poops & giggles & HOLY SHIT am I glad I got it a couple years ago 🤣

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Ashamed-Simple-8303@reddit

Wow. I knew about it and pulled the trigger 1.5 months ago. Expected prices to fo up but just in this time it was another 50% increase i seems

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eeeeeeeeee83810@reddit

The 2tb samsung ssd i wanted to get as an extra that i was wait on a sale for went from being $220 or so sometime early last year or late the year before to a few months ago it was $390 Or so, and now its suddenly $800, so looks like i wont be getting extra storage at all for a while

Also to note, i waited so long because i kinda forgot about it after a certain point because i started making use of a external hdd from my playstation i used to use, but then remembered after i stopped using that hdd because it was causing issues with stutters my pc when windows did a check on it in the background

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Changed-Man187@reddit

I got a 4tb SN850X in November for $300 from Walmart , wish I would’ve bought 2 now

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LunarMoon2001@reddit

And it’s not going to stop. Non existent AI companies are using non existent money to purchase non existent memory for non existent data centers.

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Blacktip75@reddit

My over two year old machine has 11tb in ssd storage (of which 4tb external) and 96gb ram with a 4090… it is almost 4000 usd/eur more expensive today than it was when I bought it which is batsh*t crazy.

Normally it would be 3-4000 less after this time.

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Dismal_Assumption_13@reddit

my first time building a pc and im surprise with the prize of ssd and ram too T_T

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Cartel-Member-001@reddit

Bought a 990 Evo Plus 2TB in September of last year for $120 on Amazon. List price is now $500. Ouch :(

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yllanos@reddit

Yeah and I don’t know why this isn’t being discussed more. Everything seems to be focused on RAM

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Salisen@reddit

I do get the impression that Samsung are inflating their website prices. I'm seeing e.g. the 9100 model I bought from Samsung listed for similar to the price I bought it for elsewhere, not over double the price as given on Samsung's website.

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StiingRay18@reddit

Thankfully I got lucky in buying a brand new sn850x from someone today. It was only $200 for 2TB. Definitely more than what I paid for it 2 years ago, but I’m grateful that I was able to get that during today’s prices

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skylinestar1986@reddit

Most ram and storage drives have gone up 4x. Sorry for the truth.

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ArchusKanzaki@reddit

If I sell my 4TB SSD.... I might be able to get double of my purchase lol

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Fredasa@reddit

Picked up my 1TB about a year ago because I saw tariffs looming. If I hadn't done that, I'd still be on my many-years-old 500GB for anything that needs speed. It's still "healthy" but it's plain to see it won't be surviving the current horse---- in PC building.

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oblivion2g@reddit

Ez don’t buy. Next.

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wolfiasty@reddit

That's the reality now and I am superb happy I don't need to buy neither disk or ram.

It will be like that till AI craze bubble will not burst, assuming it will burst...

I bought DDR4, yes four not five, 32GB ram for £48 on black Friday in 2024. The exactly same ram costs almost £250 now. F.

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Bortland007@reddit

Wait tell this guy finds out about ram

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usedUpSpace4Good@reddit

Used, its the only way now

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backpainzz@reddit

crazy prices, just looked up the wd 4tb red ssd i purchased 8/31/23 for $165 and its now selling for $894!

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machacker89@reddit

that's RIDICLOUS

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C4LLM3M4TT_13@reddit

I desperately need to replace my SSD, but at these prices I guess I can just watch my PC die.

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Zwitterion_6137@reddit

Yup. Bought a cheapo 256gb kingspec ssd back in November for like $27. Now they’re $65 🥴

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ConsistencyWelder@reddit

I have a game that's 450GB with everything installed.

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Zwitterion_6137@reddit

Um okay…? Not sure how that is relevant to my post or even OPs post, but congrats I guess

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Ether-10k@reddit

eBay people!! SSDs can last for DECADES!!

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laffer1@reddit

Some of us use our drives

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marsattck5@reddit

That's insane. I just checked the 990 2T I bought 2 yrs ago for my ps5. 630 now, shits wild.

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GoldCupcake2998@reddit

Wishing I bought more 4TB drives. $200-$230 feels like a fever dream now.

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Hinko@reddit

The SSD that I bought for $185 in 2023 is now selling for $559. So much for tech getting cheaper over time as more advanced models come out to replace the old ones. I really hope we can go back to those good old days eventually.

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combovertomm@reddit

I’m gonna be buying a 1TB sn7100 for 200 plus tax.

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Gjgsx@reddit

Holy crap, first time on the internet since last August?

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Groundbreaking_Ship3@reddit

The ssd price is even more insane than the ram price, I don't know why the media doesn't talk about it

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deathbunny32@reddit

I got a 2tb SSD at microcenter less than a year ago for $110, and it's $250 now

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RParkerMU@reddit

I got an 2TB SN850X for $130 in November 2025, and it’s not listed for $370.

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IbanezCharlie@reddit

Staples had the 4tb sn850x for 350. I caved and got it because it was literally the cheapest 4tb nvme I could find a few months ago

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dc_IV@reddit

My kiddo just paid that for a build, but didn't tell me (of course they didn't need to) and I asked if they could return it since I have an OEM 980 Pro that I would have just given them. Since they already loaded everything, they'll just keep it. I am gonna put the drive on FB for $200 to give someone a good deal.

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richard_splooge@reddit

Were you born yesterday /u/psteckler ?

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Capokid@reddit

At the beginning of last year they were $90. I got a 2tb Crucial drive on sale then for $89

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OGREtheTroll@reddit

just replaced a 1tb samsung ssd that failed with a 2tb crucial ssd, cost $240.

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Bitemesparky@reddit

I bought a 14tb sas at a decent deal for a server I'm building. I went back a week later when I had more cash and it doubled. But I have a single 14tb. So I have that going for me.

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OGREtheTroll@reddit

which is nice

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Sea_Perspective6891@reddit

Yeah, It's insane now. First it was RAM(16GB is as much as $200 a stick no matter what brand if it's in stock) now it's SSDs wether it's external or internal a 1TB SSD is $300 to $400 minimum & 4 to 5 TB can cost as much as $800. I did however manage to find a 5 TB WD HDD for $140 which is the cheapest I've seen that price for & needed a big drive for all my movies & stuff. I also wanted to offload some stuff from one of my smaller external SSDs so I can use it for extra game storage. If SSDs are too expensive there are a number of decent HDD options out there for reasonable prices. I just hope the HDD is reliable enough to last at least 5 years.

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digabledingo@reddit

at least with the storage price gouging and corporatestorage wars is that you can usually go back some years in storage technology and still be ok with a usable multimedia workstation, unlike mem

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OGREtheTroll@reddit

I just had a ssd fail and had to replace it. if this happened a month earlier I would have saved $100+

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f1f2f3f4f5f6f7f8f9@reddit

I made the decision to go with a nas , with 3x4tb HDDs.

Helps store files and will help reduce / remove cloud storage costs. God only knows that they'll crank up the subscription costs with the increase in SSD and HDD prices.

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GuacamolePacket@reddit

Damn bro, I'm glad you pulled out of that coma.

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FrequentWay@reddit

As amazing as Samsung drives are, you don’t need top of the line drives. SSDs are not commodities items where the performance of a brand name is that more performance compared to a generic provider. You can look at SK Hynix drives, microcenter’s house brands (Inland) or Micron drives.

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firestar268@reddit

Where have you been for the last 6 months lol

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Penguins83@reddit

Fb marketplace

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Elitefuture@reddit

Actually, the price went up more than 90%. It was $60ish for a while.

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Rare-Photo7592@reddit

And?

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RobzWhore@reddit

and here i am thinking about buying some even when i have

500gb and 1tb nvme and 2x2tb ssd lol

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