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#1 User is offline   TL6MT 

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Posted 22 October 2011 - 09:25 AM

Anyone notice that? Last week WD affected by flood in Thailand http://aphnetworks.c...uction-thailand - Looks like they lost 60% of their capacity and we're in for expensive HDDs. Check the prices!
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Posted 22 October 2011 - 01:01 PM

Oh wow, they just went up 30-50% :|
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Posted 23 October 2011 - 10:42 AM

View Postchconline, on 22 October 2011 - 01:01 PM, said:

Oh wow, they just went up 30-50% :|


This will increase demand for SSDs which will result in world domination for OCZ

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Posted 23 October 2011 - 12:02 PM

:P Not sure if Everyone would just go out and buy SSDs now.
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Posted 24 October 2011 - 01:16 PM

More news:

http://aphnetworks.c...orage-shortages
http://aphnetworks.c...mpact-pc-market

WD and Seagate are quite out of luck lately. Buy Hitachi? :P
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Posted 25 October 2011 - 07:00 PM

View PostJyro, on 23 October 2011 - 10:42 AM, said:

This will increase demand for SSDs which will result in world domination for OCZ

:D Now with their 1TB SSDs we're all set.
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Posted 05 November 2011 - 09:24 AM

lol, a Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB EALX is about $100-120 now. Before the flood, it was about $65 :lol:
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Posted 06 November 2011 - 02:13 PM

Voted in the Poll, said Yes.
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Posted 09 November 2011 - 10:19 AM

Inevitably PC prices and stuff are going to rise. I need a new PVR soon so better pick one up!
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Posted 10 December 2011 - 01:36 PM

http://aphnetworks.c...g-rapid-decline

HDD prices dropping? really it's still outrageous.
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Posted 11 December 2011 - 09:23 PM

$130 for a WD Caviar Blue 1TB last time I checked. It's not too bad, but I paid $65 for them last year...
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Posted 14 December 2011 - 10:09 AM

http://aphnetworks.c...s-current-sales

lol, AMD. Its not like they're selling ANY procs anyway.
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Posted 16 December 2011 - 09:27 AM

That's just a correspondence to Intel's claims, but true enough :P
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