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First it was RAM, now it's HDDs: prices are spiking across the board

HDD prices jumped in Q4 2025 by 4% quarter-over-quarter, as DRAM shortages and AI demand squeeze supply. AI data centers, China's push for domestic PCs, and SSD retention worries have revived HDD ...
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SSD prices are skyrocketing: Why I'm going back to external hard drives

The one cheap storage upgrade your PC needs ...
Forbes

Storage And Memory Price Surges Supporting AI Demand Likely Temporary

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Covering Digital Storage Technology & Market. IEEE President in 2024 There have been many reports of increasing prices of digital ...
ExtremeTech

HDD Pricewatch: You know where it's going -- we tell you how much it's going to hurt

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ExtremeTech

HDD Pricewatch: We do the math, you focus on your happy place

Hard drive prices continue to rise, but not nearly as quickly or across all product levels. Externals present a much better deal. Share on Facebook (opens in a new window) Share on X (opens in a new ...

SSDs now cost 16x more than HDDs due to AI supply chain crisis — hybrid SSD + HDD datacenter deployments are now significantly cheaper to deploy than SSD-only equivalents

VDURA reports (from Blocks and Files) that SSD prices are now a whopping 16 times greater than HDDs, making hybrid storage deployments with SSDs and HDDs mixed together significantly cheaper and more ...