Source: https://www.scribd.com/doc/235024900/Unit-6-Analysis-1-Memory-Cost
Now think about the amount of storage we will have 45 years from now.
Source: https://www.scribd.com/doc/235024900/Unit-6-Analysis-1-Memory-Cost
Now think about the amount of storage we will have 45 years from now.
Only for SSDs. HDDs are under $100 for 2TB drives. Economy of scale plus lower demand makes those physical drives super cheap.
$100 for 2TB is terrible though, ideally we get 1TB or more per $5
All hard drives, including HDD’s have at least gone up a bit. But, everybody prefers SSD’s, so obviously those will be higher. People install the OS on the SSD then use a huge HDD to install the games on.
I bought 4 4tb HDDs for $500 total last year, went to buy a spare last month and they’re $250 each now. So no. Not even a little bit true.
You better look again, all my shit has went up.
That’s what a slim 2.5" (so, fairly cutting-edge tech) 2TB cost almost 10 years ago, and a couple of years later the same drive was around $70. This isn’t some kind of amazing deal in 2026.
Uh wrong. The drive’s I Bought last year have more than doubled. In price. Hdds not ssd. Insanity.
i believe datacenter demand is driving up HDD prices too though to a lesser extent
Yep! Also, some people don’t care about the speed of an HDD, as long as it has a ton of storage.
Yeah about that…
https://pcpartpicker.com/trends/price/internal-hard-drive/
Now look at 10TB drives.
You checked Walmart for those? Might be a decent price if they actually have them in stock.