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
i believe datacenter demand is driving up HDD prices too though to a lesser extent
Datacenter demand is just the excuse to jack and fix prices.
unfortunately true
Yep! Also, some people don’t care about the speed of an HDD, as long as it has a ton of storage.
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.
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.
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.