▲ 906 ▼ Samsung to halt SATA SSD production, leaker warns of up to 18 months of SSD price pressure, worse than Micron ending consumer RAM (www.notebookcheck.net) submitted 10 months ago by alphacyberranger@sh.itjust.works to c/technology@lemmy.world 205 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] Bluefalcon@discuss.tchncs.de 22 points 10 months ago (11 children) Just bought 2tb for $89. permalink fedilink source hideshow 11 child comments replies: [–] xthexder@l.sw0.com 8 points 10 months ago (3 children) I just spent $200 on a Samsung 990 Pro 2TB :/ I'm finally swapping my main PC to Linux full time and ended up buying an entire new boot drive rather than dealing with shuffling files around to make space. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] Trainguyrom@reddthat.com 3 points 10 months ago I did similar when preparing my wife and I for windows 10 EOL. I went back to Linux on the new drive, my wife to Windows 11. Honestly both have a similar amount of issues (mostly wake from sleep challenges on Linux, although my PC wasn't great about waking from sleep on Windows to begin with) and most importantly my wife can still play Fortnite and I can have fun trying new stuff out and reveling at how every single game I try just works on Linux whereas 5 years ago it was more of a 50/50 chance whether or not a game would work permalink fedilink source parent [–] Valmond@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago I bought exactly that one for my linux box (because I swapped mains to linux and wanted a big boot :-) ), but that was a while back, it's 280€ now, so $328... permalink fedilink source parent [–] Bluefalcon@discuss.tchncs.de 1 point 10 months ago This one if for the raz pi 5. permalink fedilink source parent [–] JigglySackles@lemmy.world 7 points 10 months ago (6 children) Nice, where'd you get that deal? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] InFerNo@lemmy.ml 14 points 10 months ago (1 child) More importantly, what brand, type and/or specs. It's easy to get cheap disks with crap performance. I have a few around that we quickly dubbed "Super Slow Disks". permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Bluefalcon@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 10 months ago HDTCA40XK3CA permalink fedilink source parent [–] Bluefalcon@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 10 months ago (3 children) https://www.shopmyexchange.com/ For vets. No taxes and shipping is free or a standard $5 charge. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] JigglySackles@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago (2 children) Nice, that's awesome. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Bluefalcon@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 10 months ago (1 child) If prices get bad enough, I'll start buying from there and selling out of my trunk. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] JigglySackles@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago Lol may as well stock up now. It's coming permalink fedilink source parent
[–] xthexder@l.sw0.com 8 points 10 months ago (3 children) I just spent $200 on a Samsung 990 Pro 2TB :/ I'm finally swapping my main PC to Linux full time and ended up buying an entire new boot drive rather than dealing with shuffling files around to make space. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] Trainguyrom@reddthat.com 3 points 10 months ago I did similar when preparing my wife and I for windows 10 EOL. I went back to Linux on the new drive, my wife to Windows 11. Honestly both have a similar amount of issues (mostly wake from sleep challenges on Linux, although my PC wasn't great about waking from sleep on Windows to begin with) and most importantly my wife can still play Fortnite and I can have fun trying new stuff out and reveling at how every single game I try just works on Linux whereas 5 years ago it was more of a 50/50 chance whether or not a game would work permalink fedilink source parent [–] Valmond@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago I bought exactly that one for my linux box (because I swapped mains to linux and wanted a big boot :-) ), but that was a while back, it's 280€ now, so $328... permalink fedilink source parent [–] Bluefalcon@discuss.tchncs.de 1 point 10 months ago This one if for the raz pi 5. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Trainguyrom@reddthat.com 3 points 10 months ago I did similar when preparing my wife and I for windows 10 EOL. I went back to Linux on the new drive, my wife to Windows 11. Honestly both have a similar amount of issues (mostly wake from sleep challenges on Linux, although my PC wasn't great about waking from sleep on Windows to begin with) and most importantly my wife can still play Fortnite and I can have fun trying new stuff out and reveling at how every single game I try just works on Linux whereas 5 years ago it was more of a 50/50 chance whether or not a game would work permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Valmond@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago I bought exactly that one for my linux box (because I swapped mains to linux and wanted a big boot :-) ), but that was a while back, it's 280€ now, so $328... permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Bluefalcon@discuss.tchncs.de 1 point 10 months ago This one if for the raz pi 5. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] JigglySackles@lemmy.world 7 points 10 months ago (6 children) Nice, where'd you get that deal? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] InFerNo@lemmy.ml 14 points 10 months ago (1 child) More importantly, what brand, type and/or specs. It's easy to get cheap disks with crap performance. I have a few around that we quickly dubbed "Super Slow Disks". permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Bluefalcon@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 10 months ago HDTCA40XK3CA permalink fedilink source parent [–] Bluefalcon@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 10 months ago (3 children) https://www.shopmyexchange.com/ For vets. No taxes and shipping is free or a standard $5 charge. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] JigglySackles@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago (2 children) Nice, that's awesome. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Bluefalcon@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 10 months ago (1 child) If prices get bad enough, I'll start buying from there and selling out of my trunk. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] JigglySackles@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago Lol may as well stock up now. It's coming permalink fedilink source parent
[–] InFerNo@lemmy.ml 14 points 10 months ago (1 child) More importantly, what brand, type and/or specs. It's easy to get cheap disks with crap performance. I have a few around that we quickly dubbed "Super Slow Disks". permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Bluefalcon@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 10 months ago HDTCA40XK3CA permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Bluefalcon@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 10 months ago HDTCA40XK3CA permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Bluefalcon@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 10 months ago (3 children) https://www.shopmyexchange.com/ For vets. No taxes and shipping is free or a standard $5 charge. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] JigglySackles@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago (2 children) Nice, that's awesome. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Bluefalcon@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 10 months ago (1 child) If prices get bad enough, I'll start buying from there and selling out of my trunk. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] JigglySackles@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago Lol may as well stock up now. It's coming permalink fedilink source parent
[–] JigglySackles@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago (2 children) Nice, that's awesome. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Bluefalcon@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 10 months ago (1 child) If prices get bad enough, I'll start buying from there and selling out of my trunk. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] JigglySackles@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago Lol may as well stock up now. It's coming permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Bluefalcon@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 10 months ago (1 child) If prices get bad enough, I'll start buying from there and selling out of my trunk. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] JigglySackles@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago Lol may as well stock up now. It's coming permalink fedilink source parent
[–] JigglySackles@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago Lol may as well stock up now. It's coming permalink fedilink source parent