Lee Duna@lemmy.nz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoHDD prices spike as AI infrastructure and China's PC push collide — hard drives record biggest price increase in eight quarters, suppliers warn pressure will continuewww.tomshardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square87fedilinkarrow-up1444arrow-down12
arrow-up1442arrow-down1external-linkHDD prices spike as AI infrastructure and China's PC push collide — hard drives record biggest price increase in eight quarters, suppliers warn pressure will continuewww.tomshardware.comLee Duna@lemmy.nz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square87fedilink
minus-squarefox2263@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up29·2 days agoI was waiting for them to come down in order to get another for my NAS. Now they’re gonna go up again instead. Fuck me
minus-squaretal@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·edit-22 days agoThis isn’t a huge increase. It’s not on the order of what just happened with RAM. According to a report from Digitimes Asia (quoting Nikkei), HDD contract prices jumped roughly 4% quarter over quarter in Q4 2025.
I was waiting for them to come down in order to get another for my NAS. Now they’re gonna go up again instead. Fuck me
This isn’t a huge increase. It’s not on the order of what just happened with RAM.