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  1. Madengineer

    Madengineer Member

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    Has anybody noticed that there has been an increase in price on most HDD's?

    A few days ago i took a look for a 2tb F4 from PCCG and it was 89$, now there 119$ wtf! 1tb drives have gone from 59 to 69. :S

    even Ebay users have jacked up the prices.


    Ebay Prices :S
     
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  2. miicah

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    There was a flood in one of the biggest HDD manufacturing plants recently.
     
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    That only effected WD.
     
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  4. Asteroid

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    Yeah no kidding. I could have sworn there were 500 gig blues for $44, yet now $60 seems to be the going rate.
     
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  5. Garido

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    Nooo. It effected everyone as there are MANY HDD makers which source parts to a Thailand factory. Also last months of Samsung. Better get in before all go :(
     
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  6. gords

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    Moved to Storage and Backup...
     
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  7. MrSmoke

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    humm i went into arc and wanted to buy 3 F3EG's, the guy infront of me bought 2 of the last 3 in the store so i only bought 1 and said can i get the other 2 ordered in and ill pick them up on monday. Looks like im not getting my drives any time soon., $50 increase? Yeah good one samsung
     
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    Madengineer

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    What do you mean last months of Samsung?
     
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  10. Garido

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    Merger with seagate.
     
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  11. coopers1862

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    Yeah prices have gone up :(

    I think there is a shortage of supplies in general for HDD due to the stuff in Thailand.

    Just noticed the 2TB Hitachi 5k3000 went up +$3.00 @ msy.

    I'm going to Thailand in December, am I just better off buying my HDD's there and bringing them back :?
     
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  12. Garido

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    If you go to pantip it's fine.
     
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    How would warranty work? I mail it back to Thailand :O
     
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  14. glasswindow

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    Check out This tid bit of info by Scorptec
     
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    I dont know if this is good or bad :D Seagates pretty good, and is it just samsungs devision (HDD manufacturer thats merging?)
     
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    There's also distributors and retailers who will use that as an excuse to raise prices, even if they're not directly affected.
     
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  17. Garido

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    It's possible. It's also VERY possible Seagate and other HDDs are genuinely effected though.
     
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  18. MetalPhreak

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    Pretty sure PCCaseGear don't get stock in on a Sunday :lol:
     
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  19. rdamage

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    Bought 4 x Samsung F4 2TB only last week @ $80 each from my local, now $96. It was only a last minute decision to get them at the time, you win some I guess.
     
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  20. MrvNDMrtN

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    MSY has 2TB hdds at ~$120 now...
     
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