Hard Drive Costs
Oct 27, 2011 | 10:52 AM
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Hard Drive Costs
Going up faster than petrol. Flooding in Thailand is causing a global shortage as around 25% of all drives are made there.
Not a good time to by a new PC etc.
Oct 27, 2011 | 11:15 AM
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Yeah it's crazy. On Ebuyer, all the 2TB disks which were around £60 have shot up to £130 overnight. It's going to last for quite a few months as well.
It won't be long before the supply of new PCs hits delays
Oct 27, 2011 | 11:22 AM
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Oh lord that is a crazy price hike!
Oct 27, 2011 | 11:26 AM
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It's nuts.
One of our trade distributors (Ingram) stopped selling any HDs last week but has now started offering them again. I was paying sub £70 for a WD RE4 1TB a few weeks back - now at £190 ex VAT
Oct 27, 2011 | 11:47 AM
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Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB has gone from £40.78 to £89.96
Oct 27, 2011 | 12:09 PM
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Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB has gone from £40.78 to £89.96
Damn! Was thinking of getting one of them ....
Dave
Oct 27, 2011 | 12:25 PM
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I'd wait a couple of weeks....
Oct 27, 2011 | 12:34 PM
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I just ordered, monday, a 2.5" 750GB drive - i paid 59 and it's now 77 on amazon!
i also ordered a 3tb FW800 drive from WD and it's still the same price.
Oct 27, 2011 | 12:49 PM
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From: Aberdare / Daventry
The SSD's haven't moved that much.
Oct 27, 2011 | 12:55 PM
.......*SMACS*...........
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From: Manchester - Official SMACS Cleaning Freak who suffers from OCD
I wondered why my 2TB drive went up from 60 to 129.99 glad I bought when I did
http://www.ebuyer.com/264274-wd-2tb-...cache-wd20earx
Oct 27, 2011 | 01:57 PM
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From: Notts
If it were me that just bought one cheap I'd be selling it on to make a profit
Oct 29, 2011 | 11:38 PM
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From: Slowly rebuilding the kit of bits into a car...
Just grabbed a Crucial M4 SSD for £83...
So I can clean up one of my 1TB WD caviar black drives....
dunx
P.S. Should I put it on ebay ?
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