Lee Duna@lemmy.nz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 21 hours 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-square69fedilinkarrow-up1363arrow-down11
arrow-up1362arrow-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 · 21 hours agomessage-square69fedilink
minus-squarefox2263@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up25·15 hours 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-up8·edit-211 hours 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.