Shortage of Hard Drives Prices UP!

Beer40oz · 2011-10-24 20:19

Have you guys noticed that all Hard Drives are up in price?

Like the Western Digital Caviar Green WD20EARS used to be about $79.00
now its $120.00

and wow the caviar black 2tb used to be $150 and now $209.00

Good thing I don't need any storage for a while...

Sad

eskro · 2011-10-24 20:22

yeah they went up a bit..

$89 shipped WD green
http://pcpowerzone.com/wd20earshd2t.html...elid=FROOG

Kirky99 · 2011-10-24 22:35

Yep, I'm happy I just finished off my file server. Was waiting on two more 2TB disks for the array and got them about two weeks before the flooding. I'm done for a bit, lets just hope I don't have a failure. Although for one drive, it wouldn't be so bad.

I haven't seen a [DEAL] on a hard drive since the announcement.

Headcase_Fargon · 2011-10-24 22:42

I recently bought a couple Hitachi 3TB drives for $110 on sale from Newegg. Same drives are $210 on the same site today.

It's sounding like it'll get worse before it gets better too. Western Digital is talking two months of zero production then another four to six months of ramping back up. Nevermind the parts suppliers...

jackh · 2011-10-24 23:00

Beer40oz Wrote:Have you guys noticed that all Hard Drives are up in price?

Like the Western Digital Caviar Green WD20EARS used to be about $79.00
now its $120.00

Yes, I noticed! The WD20EARS was $75 for a long time at Memory Express and now it's $100 there. Still better than $120 though Smile

CpTHOOK · 2011-10-24 23:23

LOl....wanna see something really ridiculous.. Here.. So what if they are already pre-cleared and burned in.. Trying times for large server owners with multiple drive capacities!!

I almost Sh*t my pants when I saw this!!! had to start a thread on LT forum to ask for an explaination!!

bonelifer · 2011-10-24 23:25

WD prices are going up due to flooding in Thailand where their manufacturing plants are. Depending on further flooding WD said it could be as long as 5-8 months to bring their plants back online. Seems a lot of HD manufacturers have part or all of their plants based in Thailand.

Good article on it: http://www.infoworld.com/t/hard-drives/t...kes-176453

WhiteLighter · 2011-10-24 23:43

I was just planning to build a dedicated HTPC and expand my media server Sad

eskro · 2011-10-24 23:51

bonelifer Wrote:WD prices are going up due to flooding in Thailand where their manufacturing plants are

crazy o.O

Beer40oz · 2011-10-25 05:34

CpTHOOK Wrote:LOl....wanna see something really ridiculous.. Here.. So what if they are already pre-cleared and burned in.. Trying times for large server owners with multiple drive capacities!!

I almost Sh*t my pants when I saw this!!! had to start a thread on LT forum to ask for an explaination!!

Pretty pricey... what is that link you started?

eskro Posting Freak Posts: 8,341 Joined: Nov 2010 Reputation: 162	2011-10-24 20:22 Post: #2 yeah they went up a bit.. $89 shipped WD green http://pcpowerzone.com/wd20earshd2t.html...elid=FROOG My G7 HTPC // eSkRo's HTPC Guide // Poofy's HTPC Guide // unRAID Guide // SSD Optimization thx :)
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Kirky99 Fan Posts: 602 Joined: Oct 2010 Reputation: 1	2011-10-24 22:35 Post: #3 Yep, I'm happy I just finished off my file server. Was waiting on two more 2TB disks for the array and got them about two weeks before the flooding. I'm done for a bit, lets just hope I don't have a failure. Although for one drive, it wouldn't be so bad. I haven't seen a [DEAL] on a hard drive since the announcement.
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Headcase_Fargon Senior Member Posts: 152 Joined: Aug 2011 Reputation: 0	2011-10-24 22:42 Post: #4 I recently bought a couple Hitachi 3TB drives for $110 on sale from Newegg. Same drives are $210 on the same site today. It's sounding like it'll get worse before it gets better too. Western Digital is talking two months of zero production then another four to six months of ramping back up. Nevermind the parts suppliers...
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jackh Senior Member Posts: 129 Joined: Jun 2011 Reputation: 4	2011-10-24 23:00 Post: #5 Beer40oz Wrote:Have you guys noticed that all Hard Drives are up in price? Like the Western Digital Caviar Green WD20EARS used to be about $79.00 now its $120.00 Yes, I noticed! The WD20EARS was $75 for a long time at Memory Express and now it's $100 there. Still better than $120 though
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bonelifer Junior Member Posts: 27 Joined: Sep 2011 Reputation: 0 Location: USA	2011-10-24 23:25 Post: #7 WD prices are going up due to flooding in Thailand where their manufacturing plants are. Depending on further flooding WD said it could be as long as 5-8 months to bring their plants back online. Seems a lot of HD manufacturers have part or all of their plants based in Thailand. Good article on it: http://www.infoworld.com/t/hard-drives/t...kes-176453
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WhiteLighter Senior Member Posts: 232 Joined: Jan 2011 Reputation: 0	2011-10-24 23:43 Post: #8 I was just planning to build a dedicated HTPC and expand my media server
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eskro Posting Freak Posts: 8,341 Joined: Nov 2010 Reputation: 162	2011-10-24 23:51 Post: #9 bonelifer Wrote:WD prices are going up due to flooding in Thailand where their manufacturing plants are crazy o.O My G7 HTPC // eSkRo's HTPC Guide // Poofy's HTPC Guide // unRAID Guide // SSD Optimization thx :)
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