Extreme Tech has released a study of market trends that shows some interesting results for computer storage products. Working with Dynamite Data, a firm that monitors e-commerce, the study shows that hdd prices have finally dipped back down to the levels seen before the destructive floods in Thailand 18 months ago, which disrupted production and caused a large spike in prices.
Showing examples of prices at Newegg, 3tb hard drives are now as low as $135, or 4.5 cents per gigabyte, and 4tb hard drives are as low as 4.7 cents per gigabyte.
SSD's on the other hand show a completely different trend in prices, as they dropped even as the platter based hard drives were jumping up in price. SSD's reached a low point in pricing back in September, and have leveled off and climbed slightly since then. The average size of purchased SSD's has also increased, with 128gb SSD's as the most common now, and it looks like 256gb will soon be the norm. They also mention that shipments of 512gb SSD's have doubled since September.
So it looks like a good time to add storage capacity to your computers. Prices for the traditional hard drives are unlikely to drop much more, though of course, you may find a good sale if you shop carefully.
You can read the article at Extreme Tech.
