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[CobraAB]

Upgraded my steamdeck's ssd to 2tb for $140 last year. The same drive is $290 today.

And $290 is not that bad right now as awful as that sounds...

 

[f~N_CH_1:3:3:3_SushiBoat]

tried to warn people months ago without success

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Hardware  Thread 'NAND prices double in six months; Phison CEO predicts years-long shortages'

Nov 22, 2025

Article from 10 November. Maybe getting a new SDD now wouldn't be a bad idea if your current one is near end of life.

NAND prices double in six months; Phison CEO predicts years-long shortages

The global boom in artificial intelligence has triggered a severe shortage of essential storage chips, doubling prices in just six months, according to Khein-Seng Pua, CEO of Phison Electronics.

www.digitimes.com

The price surge has been dramatic. Pua noted that prices for TLC 1-terabit NAND, a common storage component, skyrocketed from US$4.80 in July 2025 to US$10.70 in November 2025. Even older, low-density MLC chips have doubled in cost.

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Average inventory turnover was 224 days. Pua said that while stock levels may decline slightly as prices rise, the reduction will be...

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If you know, you know.

A couple weeks ago I organized a hiring event for a TSMC campus we have here locally. Theyre hiring 50 entry level clean room bodies by end of April, expecting 15 more each month until the new years. HR guy said they have so many orders its been the craziest since they opened in the late 90s.

 

[poppabk]

Thank God this doesn't affect consoles - otherwise you would be seeing a $600 PS5 and a $900 PS5 Pro.

 

[SScorpio]

I am kind of a game hoarder.

You don't say.

 

[zabegan34]

It's insane. I bought a super basic, entry-level Kingston A400 240GB SSD for €20 seven years ago, and now the exact same model is going for €60.

 

[Von Hugh]

It's insane. I bought a super basic, entry-level Kingston A400 240GB SSD for €20 seven years ago, and now the exact same model is going for €60.

148 euros for Kingston Fury Renegade 2 TB one year ago.

569 euros for the same exact model from the same exact store right now.

You could buy a new 9800X3D with that delta of 400 euros. Absolutely insane.

 

[Knight of the Round]

148 euros for Kingston Fury Renegade 2 TB one year ago.

569 euros for the same exact model from the same exact store right now.

You could buy a new 9800X3D with that delta of 400 euros. Absolutely insane.

An 8TB NvMe in Greece has doubled its price, from 750 Euro to 1,500 Euro.

RAM is about 8 times more expensive. 32GB of RAM I bought last summer cost around 170 Euro, now they cost about 1,300 Euro.

GPUs have more or less kept the same price. Perhaps a 10-15% price increase so far.

 

[Bojji]

So much for "PC Components prices have been pretty stable"

LOL

Same goes for consoles that were supposed to be immune to RAM and NAND price increases

 

[Deerock71]

This is the birthing pains of AI. Hug your systems tight. We're about to be expendable.

 

[ReyBrujo]

Someone said they were stable the other day

Not stable, solid (?)

 

[MisterXDTV]

GPUs have more or less kept the same price. Perhaps a 10-15% price increase so far.

GPUs don't work without VRAM though so in the end they are going to suffer as welll

In the end only CPUs and power supplies will survive this...

 

[Thebonehead]

Back in Jan 2024, I bought a 4TB Samsung 870 EVO SSD for $326.61 from Best Buy. That same drive is now $719.99.

I'm tempted to buy a 2TB M.2 2230 for my tablet. Right now I can buy one for about $300.

Picked up a 4TB Samsung 990 PRO for £231 last October - Now showing at £652 from the same retailer

 

[Quixz]

My brother picked up a Samsung 9100 PRO 4TB before the madness and now I regret not picking one up myself.

Hilarious that these days cheapest component is the CPU even those with X3D.

 

[sharp weiner]

These prices are skyrocketing.
Is that good?