Hardware & Technical Have the prices of 3.5" SATA III HDDs gone up recently?

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I was looking at 500GB models for video storage, and they were what? £35? I swear that money got me a whole TB two or so years ago. :/
 

Morbad

Morbad
No, not recently. However, they are only recently returning to the prices they were several years ago after damage from flooding and some price fixing/collusion resulted in prices being elevated for years.

Also, 500GB won't be much, if any, less expensive than 1TB models as 1TB platters are about the smallest you'll find being put into a modern 3.5" disk (meaning it's not any less expensive to make anything smaller). Sweet spot for price per GB is also in the 2-5TB range at this point.
 

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Morbad said:
No, not recently. However, they are only recently returning to the prices they were several years ago after damage from flooding and some price fixing/collusion resulted in prices being elevated for years.

Also, 500GB won't be much, if any, less expensive than 1TB models as 1TB platters are about the smallest you'll find being put into a modern 3.5" disk (meaning it's not any less expensive to make anything smaller). Sweet spot for price per GB is also in the 2-5TB range at this point.
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I hadn't thought about £-per-GB. Thanks for the advice!
 

Patrick_68000

Patrick_68000
The capacity of current hard disks for the general public are staggering. Less than 50 euros for 1TB, it's rather nice
 
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Hell Razor5543

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Have you considered SSDs? I have four in my PC, and from power on to password takes 20 seconds. I have one (500GB) for the O/S and apps, another for games (256GB), a third one for my media (128GB) and the last is for the Swap File (120GB). I am considering getting an M.2 drive, which has an access speed around 6Gb/s. Mind you, they are not that cheap (around £300 per TB).
 

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Hell Razor5543 said:
Have you considered SSDs? I have four in my PC, and from power on to password takes 20 seconds. I have one (500GB) for the O/S and apps, another for games (256GB), a third one for my media (128GB) and the last is for the Swap File (120GB). I am considering getting an M.2 drive, which has an access speed around 6Gb/s. Mind you, they are not that cheap (around £300 per TB).
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I need cheap storage, so HDDs are non-negotiable.
 

Asp Explorer

Asp Explorer
Patrick_68000 said:
If the motherboard has only IDE ports you can connect a SATA disk with a converter (8-10 euros)
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Very true Patrick - and normally I would have done the exact same thing :D

However, the customer here insists on the exact same 80Gb IDE replacement part - and I have a sneaky suspicion as to exactly why they are trying to recover such an ancient machine :D
 
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