Rummy Posted November 3, 2011 Share Posted November 3, 2011 So, ebuyer had like hard drives going for 60/70 recently, but I've just been looking and now the same drives are like 120!! What the hell. Has something happened? I been waiting constantly for prices to keep falling and it seems maybe I've waited a little too long... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cube Posted November 3, 2011 Share Posted November 3, 2011 (edited) Floods in Taiwan have caused major damage to some of the main factories that make them, so there is a major shortage of them. Hence the rise in price. A similar thing happened to cotton due to the floods in Pakistan over a year ago. The industry still hasn't recovered (so cotton-based materials, like denim, are rather expensive). Edit: Oh, and expect it to affect the price of laptops/desktops and stuff fairly soon as shipments in the next quarter of the year will be much lower. Edited November 3, 2011 by Cube Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wesley Posted November 3, 2011 Share Posted November 3, 2011 Yeah Taiwan got fucked yo! Also some websites are moving content to things like YouTube because this has had a knock on effect for servers etc. SHIT HAVE GLOBAL CONSEQUENCES YO! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr_Odwin Posted November 3, 2011 Share Posted November 3, 2011 I have buying a couple of hard drives on my to-do list! This sucks. I should not have procrastinated, now I might have to delete stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sméagol Posted November 3, 2011 Share Posted November 3, 2011 I have buying a couple of hard drives on my to-do list! This sucks.I should not have procrastinated, now I might have to delete stuff. How much data are we talking here? May temporary cloud storage be of use to you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rummy Posted November 3, 2011 Author Share Posted November 3, 2011 I have buying a couple of hard drives on my to-do list! This sucks.I should not have procrastinated, now I might have to delete stuff. Totally feeling the same. At least I'm glad I already bought my computer recently. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronnie Posted November 4, 2011 Share Posted November 4, 2011 Bought a HD from ebuyer a month ago for £50, it's now £180! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nolan Posted November 4, 2011 Share Posted November 4, 2011 A similar thing happened to cotton due to the floods in Pakistan over a year ago. The industry still hasn't recovered (so cotton-based materials, like denim, are rather expensive). Really? Huh I just bought jeans and shirts cheaper than I've found them in a few years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cube Posted November 4, 2011 Share Posted November 4, 2011 Really? Huh I just bought jeans and shirts cheaper than I've found them in a few years. Well, with textiles it's a bit more complicated - stocks can be sitting around for years before they get used up. However, importing new shipments of denim is quite expensive (my company hasn't had any denim in for a few months now because of it). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr_Odwin Posted November 6, 2011 Share Posted November 6, 2011 I just got a brand new 500GB on Ebay for £57.50! I can live with that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rummy Posted November 7, 2011 Author Share Posted November 7, 2011 Prices probably won't fall back to their previous level for a while, then? Would retailers take the demand at higher prices to sell at higher prices, too? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The fish Posted November 7, 2011 Share Posted November 7, 2011 Basically, massive floods in Thailand, around Bangkok where they're almost all built. A 250GB will set you back the better part of £80. I'm trying to build my dad a new computer, and at the moment the 1TB HDD is costing more than the processor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr_Odwin Posted November 7, 2011 Share Posted November 7, 2011 Ebay doesn't seem to have been hit as hard. You can still get a brand new 1TB for £90-£100. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoogleViper Posted November 7, 2011 Share Posted November 7, 2011 Ebay doesn't seem to have been hit as hard. You can still get a brand new 1TB for £90-£100. That's still double what they were a few months back though. And obviously no warranty. I'd say just use an old HDD for now (if it's an option), and wait for a year. Should have come back down by then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wesley Posted November 7, 2011 Share Posted November 7, 2011 I don't think it will take a year. Taiwan represents 25% of the worlds HDD manufacturing, so a lot of this price increase is just consumer inflation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McPhee Posted November 9, 2011 Share Posted November 9, 2011 http://www.avforums.com/forums/computer-classified-adverts/ Buy used from there. Stick to sellers with good feedback and relatively new (<2 years old, 5 year warranty) drives. The people who run AVF have told users they cannot profiteer on HDDs and that prices need to be below what they paid for them (with proof supplied). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sumo73 Posted January 7, 2012 Share Posted January 7, 2012 (edited) I don't think it will take a year. Taiwan represents 25% of the worlds HDD manufacturing, so a lot of this price increase is just consumer inflation. Flooding across parts of Taiwan and Thailand (where around 40% of hard drives are produced) last year caused this price increase. Of course not all Hard drives are manufactured in those countries but it hit the reserves of hard drives and suppliers have had to increased the prices until output can resume back to normal. Edited January 8, 2012 by sumo73 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wesley Posted January 7, 2012 Share Posted January 7, 2012 Um... yeah... I dunno why I was quoted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoogleViper Posted February 6, 2012 Share Posted February 6, 2012 (edited) Sorry about the bump but thought some people may be interested in this. http://www.play.com/PC/PCs/4-/19511003/-/Product.html?P36=WD3NNA 1TB external HD for £60. Edited February 7, 2012 by MoogleViper Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rummy Posted February 7, 2012 Author Share Posted February 7, 2012 It's at £80, but I guess that still isn't too bad. Personally I'm gonna wait to see how things are come summer and pick up a bigger internal then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deathjam Posted February 16, 2012 Share Posted February 16, 2012 It's at ?80, but I guess that still isn't too bad. Personally I'm gonna wait to see how things are come summer and pick up a bigger internal then. Sorry for the mini bump but 2TB Internal hard drive for just over ?100. Tis what I bought recently and it's very fast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rummy Posted February 16, 2012 Author Share Posted February 16, 2012 Sorry for the mini bump but 2TB Internal hard drive for just over ?100. Tis what I bought recently and it's very fast. Tis a good bump! Are you running it as external or internal? That was the one/line I was eyeing up before the big price rise(think it was about ?70 then?) and it's probably the one I'll end up getting eventually too, waiting atm to fill up what I already have! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deathjam Posted February 16, 2012 Share Posted February 16, 2012 Tis a good bump! Are you running it as external or internal? That was the one/line I was eyeing up before the big price rise(think it was about ?70 then?) and it's probably the one I'll end up getting eventually too, waiting atm to fill up what I already have! Internal. I use it as a secondary/backup drive as windows is installed on my 120gb SSD but man, SATAIII is very very fast. Had an old 500gb SATAII drive and there is a big difference in speed. If you are going to go external, I would suggest an enclosure with 3.0 or eSATA support to reach the speeds this drive is capable of. Haven't tested those speeds myself so I hope im not talking out of my bum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rummy Posted February 16, 2012 Author Share Posted February 16, 2012 My PC has a front loading slot for an external drive so I should be fine, it'll mainly be secondary/backup and possibly used for alternative OS if I decide to. I may occasionally stick it in an enclosure for external use(ie backing up other comps) but mainly it'll run in my PC. Good to hear the feedback on it, thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deathjam Posted February 16, 2012 Share Posted February 16, 2012 My PC has a front loading slot for an external drive so I should be fine, it'll mainly be secondary/backup and possibly used for alternative OS if I decide to. I may occasionally stick it in an enclosure for external use(ie backing up other comps) but mainly it'll run in my PC. Good to hear the feedback on it, thanks. That sounds interesting. Is that a feature of your chassis? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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