Hard Drive prices nearly doubled?

[Sharky II]

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Hi

In the UK, I am sure you could get a fast, large capacity 7200rpm drive for really cheap - like £70. I'm pretty sure this is how much I paid for my Samsung f1 750gb, and bother my Samsung f3 1tbs.

Now a Samsung f3 1tb is £140 and the new Samsung F4 2tb is like £190!

What's happened?

I'm looking on ebuyer but I've trier other sites too. And it's not just Samsung either.

Cheers...

 

[sammich]

Check here.

https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/1269017/

 

[The-Pro]

The flooding in Thailand!!!
There is more demand as there is supply at the moment. So prices go up

 

[Vantage Point]

Yeah, the flood is why.

Last April I picked up a WD scorpio black 750 gb 7200 rpm drive for my MBP from Amazon for only $109 - Now it's over $200 at the same site!! My WD 2TB Caviar Green was about $99 last December and is now it's about $145.

If you don't need it now then wait.

As a side note the prices for RAM seem to be dropping every week.

 

[Sharky II]

Thanks guys

Vantage Point - i have a 2008 Mac Pro with FBDimms so ram prices are getting worse and worse for me

 

[The-Pro]

Thanks guys

Vantage Point - i have a 2008 Mac Pro with FBDimms so ram prices are getting worse and worse for me

well max out (or as much as you want) as soon as possible