It's incredible how much the prices have fallen and that's how it should be. Sure, I bought the 960 close to launch but still the difference is staggering.

The 960 Evo still chugs along albeit it's a new one because a few months after I bought it, I had to RMA it. I guess that's what happens when you are an early adopter. I lost a few hours of work when the original 960 Evo decided to stop working but it also taught me to be more paranoia with backups.

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[–] 32 points 3 years ago (7 children)

Yup, there’s a Linustech tip video about this. HDD prices have kinda been set in stone for a good while now

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  • [–] 7 points 3 years ago (3 children)

    Couldn't find it within 5 minutes of searching - therefor I accounce that such a video does not exist

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  • [–] 6 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    So, maybe HDD can hardly get any more cheaper as there is little to non room for improvement while SSD can get higher NAND transistors density.

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  • [–] 3 points 3 years ago

    Just since I've setup a plex server (about 8 years now) midrange sizes have gone from 4->16 TBs. Personally I think the bulk of the issue is that HDD customers switched from a mix of enterprise and personal, to nearly all enterprise. Companies really don't care if a HDD is $200 or $500, so basically all high capacity drives are priced at B2B prices, not consumer

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