Friday, December 23, 2011

Icy Tip: HDD Prices Begin to Stabilize

"Data from Dynamite
According to Dynamite Data LLC, a central repository for e-commerce data, HDD prices began to settle down after Thailand flooding and SSD pricing continue to decrease.


                                           HDD Prices Index
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(Source: Dynamite)

                                             SSD Prices Index
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 (Source: Dynamite)" - via storagenewsletter.com


We are still seeing the affects of the flood in Thailand in the HDD market. This graph shows the price of a WD 150Gb Raptor drive over the last year. Hopefully the price of HDDs come down sooner than expected. The SSD price index is slowly inching down in price. Let us know if you are holding off on buying any HDDs now while the market is high.

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