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'The retail SSD market has almost disappeared,' says Silicon Motion exec — PC OEMs are buying third-party drives as direct NAND supply dries up (www.tomshardware.com)
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According to Duann, PC makers have to buy from SSD module makers because NAND vendors reduced allocation to the client/consumer PC market and redirected most NAND supply to data center products.

As a result, PC OEMs like Acer, Asus, Dell, and HP cannot get enough NAND or SSD supply directly from NAND manufacturers and have to turn to module makers for solid-state drives. The latter traditionally served end-users and had plenty of aftermarket products with enhanced performance and cooling, but now they increasingly serve PC makers instead.

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[–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 34 points 3 days ago (4 children)

Yeah, that's what happens when you triple the price of everything.

2TB drives were about £100 a few years ago and now they're close to £400. That's a fuckin' no from me dog.

[–] ragas@lemmy.ml 4 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

My PC from 2019/2021 ist now still worth more than it was when I first bought it. Why the heck would I upgrade to someting worse for the same price? Or to something as good for a worse price?

[–] anon_8675309@lemmy.world 7 points 3 days ago

Yep. I bought a 2TB for my laptop right before prices started rising.

Hoping everything I have lasts for a few years now.

[–] Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

That's what good MLC and TLC costed back in the Win7 EOL days...
Today they are more likely QLC or TLC without dram.

[–] mrunicornman@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago

I've had good luck in the used market on ebay. Got a 2TB laptop HDD (WD Blue) for $40 and it's working just fine for media storage.