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!
HDD prices skyrocketing
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, Oct 22 2011 09:25 AM
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Posted 22 October 2011 - 09:25 AM
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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
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
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?
http://aphnetworks.c...orage-shortages
http://aphnetworks.c...mpact-pc-market
WD and Seagate are quite out of luck lately. Buy Hitachi?
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Posted 25 October 2011 - 07:00 PM
This will increase demand for SSDs which will result in world domination for OCZ
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 
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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
Camaro SS FTW
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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
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Posted 16 December 2011 - 09:27 AM
That's just a correspondence to Intel's claims, but true enough
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Posted 13 June 2012 - 03:59 AM
Obviously you have no clue and continuing reading comprehension issues. You can stop the hate because hating does not change reality.
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Posted 13 June 2012 - 04:38 PM
Nah, it is pretty much reality
On a side note:
www.isuppli.com/Memory-and-Storage/News/Pages/Hard-Disk-Drive-Prices-Not-Expected-to-Return-to-Pre-Flood-Levels-Until-2014.aspx
"Hard Disk Drive Prices Not Expected to Return to Pre-Flood Levels Until 2014". Rather unfortunate
On a side note:
www.isuppli.com/Memory-and-Storage/News/Pages/Hard-Disk-Drive-Prices-Not-Expected-to-Return-to-Pre-Flood-Levels-Until-2014.aspx
"Hard Disk Drive Prices Not Expected to Return to Pre-Flood Levels Until 2014". Rather unfortunate
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Posted 13 June 2012 - 04:42 PM
It's only 1.5 years wait - should have stocked up before the flood lol
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Posted 14 June 2012 - 10:21 PM
I haven't been into computers since you had to pay $100 for a 160gb hard drive, these things are cheap now days.
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Posted 15 June 2012 - 10:29 PM
Well, a couple of years ago, I bought 1TB HDDs for $60. Good luck doing that now
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Posted 17 June 2012 - 09:33 PM
Prices spike up Faster than it goes down.Nah, it is pretty much reality
On a side note:
www.isuppli.com/Memory-and-Storage/News/Pages/Hard-Disk-Drive-Prices-Not-Expected-to-Return-to-Pre-Flood-Levels-Until-2014.aspx
"Hard Disk Drive Prices Not Expected to Return to Pre-Flood Levels Until 2014". Rather unfortunate
Camaro SS FTW
