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I'm glad to see this site making progress and gaining attention. I remember it used to be "GNOD": https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7465980 https://news.yco

I'm glad to see this site making progress and gaining attention. I remember it used to be "GNOD": https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7465980 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7465980 Also similar, and by another HN user: https://diskprices.com/ https://diskprices.com/ https://battprices.com/ https://battprices.com/

Fnoord 7y ago
> https://diskprices.com/ https://diskprices.com/ These do not compare things such as sequential read, sequential write, random read, random write, temperature, MTBF, Backblaze outage percentages (statistical relevant), type of storage (SLC, MLC, AMLC, QLC, TLC, etc), chipset used, and so on, and so forth. I'm scared shitless to check or use the battprices.com as it probably does not do anything like the above either. Which, in case of batteries, can cause something arguably more severe than bad performance or data loss: fire. Don't use websites like these. Instead, read reviews and support websites which release quality reviews.
- htfu 7y ago
  Dude, they’re just simple lists of products by their base metric, in both cases limited to reputable brands. No fires will ensue just because you now know Duracell offering X is slightly cheaper than Energizer type Y per kWh even though the pack costs more. Breathe!
  - Fnoord 7y ago
    Didn't know, the website name suggested otherwise. Rest of the points still stand.
heffer 7y ago
These are great. I miss a page like this for Canada. In Germany, where I'm originally from, we have geizhals.de for product and price comparison that works a lot like these pages you linked and has been around for ages. They have an English version you can check out here: https://skinflint.co.uk/?cat=nb https://skinflint.co.uk/?cat=nb (this links directly to the Laptop section so you can check out their filtering capabilities). Here's their listing of price per TB for SSDs which is very much alike the diskprices.com page you linked: https://skinflint.co.uk/?cat=hdssd&sort=r#productlist https://skinflint.co.uk/?cat=hdssd&sort=r#productlist
- synack 7y ago
  https://diskprices.com/?locale=ca https://diskprices.com/?locale=ca
- thirdsun 7y ago
  > In Germany, where I'm originally from, we have geizhals.de for product and price comparison that works a lot like these pages you linked and has been around for ages. Geizhals is not only useful as a price aggregator, but also when it comes to product discovery itself - often I look for products with very specific attributes, which may be represented by different names and keys between sellers and manufacturers. Geizhals' ability to collect and aggregate them in such detail is second to none. At that point pricing information is just an extra.

Fnoord 7y ago

> https://diskprices.com/ https://diskprices.com/ These do not compare things such as sequential read, sequential write, random read, random write, temperature, MTBF, Backblaze outage percentages (statistical relevant), type of storage (SLC, MLC, AMLC, QLC, TLC, etc), chipset used, and so on, and so forth. I'm scared shitless to check or use the battprices.com as it probably does not do anything like the above either. Which, in case of batteries, can cause something arguably more severe than bad performance or data loss: fire. Don't use websites like these. Instead, read reviews and support websites which release quality reviews.

htfu 7y ago
Dude, they’re just simple lists of products by their base metric, in both cases limited to reputable brands. No fires will ensue just because you now know Duracell offering X is slightly cheaper than Energizer type Y per kWh even though the pack costs more. Breathe!
- Fnoord 7y ago
  Didn't know, the website name suggested otherwise. Rest of the points still stand.

heffer 7y ago

These are great. I miss a page like this for Canada. In Germany, where I'm originally from, we have geizhals.de for product and price comparison that works a lot like these pages you linked and has been around for ages. They have an English version you can check out here: https://skinflint.co.uk/?cat=nb https://skinflint.co.uk/?cat=nb (this links directly to the Laptop section so you can check out their filtering capabilities). Here's their listing of price per TB for SSDs which is very much alike the diskprices.com page you linked: https://skinflint.co.uk/?cat=hdssd&sort=r#productlist https://skinflint.co.uk/?cat=hdssd&sort=r#productlist

synack 7y ago
https://diskprices.com/?locale=ca https://diskprices.com/?locale=ca
thirdsun 7y ago
> In Germany, where I'm originally from, we have geizhals.de for product and price comparison that works a lot like these pages you linked and has been around for ages. Geizhals is not only useful as a price aggregator, but also when it comes to product discovery itself - often I look for products with very specific attributes, which may be represented by different names and keys between sellers and manufacturers. Geizhals' ability to collect and aggregate them in such detail is second to none. At that point pricing information is just an extra.