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Tell HN: The insane price hike of internal SSDs
I missed buying a 4TB Samsung 990 EVO Plus SSD for around $250 on Amazon during the Black Friday sale. I thought maybe there will be a Christmas discount. But the price started going up and hasn't stopped until now. Today it is priced at $477. What gives? I thought there was a shortage of RAM.
- sleepyguy 9mo agohttps://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/big-tech/adata-chairman-says-ai-datacenters-are-gobbling-up-hard-drives-ssds-and-dram-alike-insatiable-upstream-demand-could-soon-lead-to-consumer-shortages https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/big-tech/adata-ch...
- malshe 9mo agoThanks. That explains it.
- fennec-posix 9mo agoFabs for ICs such as GPUs and DRAM chips are booked out well into next year or further due to demand from the AI industry. I wouldn't be surprised if these fabs also work on non-volatile memory chips, and or, the demand for these is high as well.
- biglyburrito 9mo agoI bought mine direct from Samsung for $300 in December 2025. Between the time I placed the order and the time it was delivered 3 days later, the price jumped almost 10% (to $327.99). Crazy. FWIW the price is $439.99 direct from Samsung -- hardly cheap, but still less than $477: https://www.samsung.com/us/computing/memory-storage/solid-state-drives/990-evo-plus-gen5-pcie-nvmetm-ssd-4tb-mz-v9s4t0b-am/ https://www.samsung.com/us/computing/memory-storage/solid-st...
- malshe 9mo agoThanks for the link. I think I bought one in August 2025 and got a great deal. Now my willingness to pay is anchored to that price :) I know it is irrational but I also don't need it urgently.
- biglyburrito 9mo agoI think the recent increase in prices of computer hardware is making everyone put a lot of thought into what components they need right now.
- zigmig 9mo agoSANDISK stock rose to 748% in the past 6 Months, +89% in the past month alone. I missed the bus, amongst many other buses.