floofloof@lemmy.ca to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoDRAM And NAND Chip Makers Are Determined To Drive Up DDR5 And SSD Priceshothardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square7fedilinkarrow-up11
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minus-squarespacecowboy@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoYou keep raising the prices and I keep not buying.
minus-squaren3m37h@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoThey are rising from rock bottom, I just bought a 4tb gen 3 nvme for $230 Cad
minus-squarefuckwit_mcbumcrumble@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoIt’s like gas prices early in the pandemic, but not quite as bad. They grossly overproduced, sat on a stockpile that couldn’t sell which costs them a ton and had to sell them for nothing. There’s nowhere for the price to go but up.
minus-squareLucidlethargy@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoHow fast is it? A lot of m.2’s are cheap because they’re slow.
minus-square𝕽𝖔𝖔𝖙𝖎𝖊𝖘𝖙@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoI bought a WD Black 4TB gen4 nvme for just under $200 over the holidays. The listing says up to 7,300MB/s. I only have a gen3 SSD slot so I can’t verify that but it saturates the gen3 capabilities.
minus-squarealtphoto@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·9 days agoHow’s that going? I just read that there are several lawsuits about these SSDs loosing all data.
You keep raising the prices and I keep not buying.
They are rising from rock bottom, I just bought a 4tb gen 3 nvme for $230 Cad
It’s like gas prices early in the pandemic, but not quite as bad.
They grossly overproduced, sat on a stockpile that couldn’t sell which costs them a ton and had to sell them for nothing. There’s nowhere for the price to go but up.
Keep them there.
How fast is it? A lot of m.2’s are cheap because they’re slow.
I bought a WD Black 4TB gen4 nvme for just under $200 over the holidays.
The listing says up to 7,300MB/s. I only have a gen3 SSD slot so I can’t verify that but it saturates the gen3 capabilities.
How’s that going? I just read that there are several lawsuits about these SSDs loosing all data.