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Guru3D Q1 Winter 20/21 PC Buyer Guide
Prices of 512 GB SSDs will drop below $ 0.1 per GB by the end of the year
Good news if you are planning to purchase some SSD storage later this year, the ongoing drop in prices for NAND is just that, ongoing and will reach a price of less than 10 Cents per GB by the end of the year.
Average contract prices for 512GB and 1TB SSDs have a chance to plunge below US$0.1 per GB by the end of this year, hitting an all-time low. This change will cause 512GB SSDs to replace their 128GB counterparts and become market mainstream, second only to 256GB SSDs. We may also look forward to PCIe SSDs achieving 50% market penetration, since PCIe SSDs and SATA SSDS are nearly identical in price.
TrendForce points out that SSD adoption among notebooks had already come above the 50% threshold in 2018. Contract prices for mainstream 128/256/512GB SSDs have fallen a long way by over 50% since peaking in 2017, and those for 512GB and 1TB SSDs have a chance to fall below US$0.1 per GB by year-end. This will stimulate demand from those seeking to replace their 500GB and 1TB HDDs. SSD adoption rate is expected to land between 60 and 65% in 2019.
2Q Average Contract Prices for SSDs to Fall by Double Digits, May Drop by Less in 3Q
According to TrendForce's latest investigations, 2Q19 marks the 6th consecutive quarter of average contract price decline for mainstream PC-Client OEM SSDs, with the average contract price for SATA SSDs falling QoQ by 15-26%, and PCIe SSDs by 16-37 %.
The reasons for the continuous price fall in 2Q include: weakened stocking momentum due to the cautious stance of PC, smartphones, servers/datacenters OEMs towards end market sales and high inventory levels, leading to an overly oversupplied NAND flash market; prices wars by leading SSD suppliers who are keen to get their 64/72-layer stocks off their hands; and the price comparison effect as a result of Intel 3D QLC SSDs.
The demand side will be helped by the traditional peak season and increased stocking demand from the new Apple devices, possibly seeing an improvement over 1H in 3Q looking forward. Furthermore, many NAND flash suppliers are slowing expansion plans and have declared reductions in production to curtail supply. Yet judging from the rather high inventories along this chain of industry, TrendForce predicts that average contract prices for mainstream SSD capacities will likely continue their descent, although with a slope less steep.
Price Differences Greatly Narrow, with PCIe to Replace SATA Interfaces as Market Mainstream
Judging from the product progress of each SSD supplier, all mainstream product lines have already switched to 64/72 layer SSDs with 256/512GB capacities and PCIe interfaces as their main products. The newest 96-layer SSD has also gradually entered production in 1Q this year. Additionally, judging from average contract prices in the second quarter, current prices for Premium PCIe SSDs and SATA SSDs only differ by under 6%, while value grade PCIe SSDs and SATA SSDs register a nearly 0% difference. PCIe interfaces, with the help of value grade PCIe SSDs, will replace SATA interfaces to become market mainstream this year
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#5667971 Posted on: 05/11/2019 05:41 AM
I got an Intel 660p 2TB nvme drive for $204 last week. There are faster drives but this thing is pretty fast and large for the price (1.9gb/1/6Gb/sec I/O). I put it into a PCI-E adapter since my Z97 board's m2 slot couldn't run it at full speed (it was under under half speed).
The pricing is really getting better. Now is a good time to start migrating all the big mechanical drives onto something more modern.
I got an Intel 660p 2TB nvme drive for $204 last week. There are faster drives but this thing is pretty fast and large for the price (1.9gb/1/6Gb/sec I/O). I put it into a PCI-E adapter since my Z97 board's m2 slot couldn't run it at full speed (it was under under half speed).
The pricing is really getting better. Now is a good time to start migrating all the big mechanical drives onto something more modern.
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#5667993 Posted on: 05/11/2019 09:20 AM
With prices like this, whoever pre-installs cheap-slow-ass HDD to laptops should be fired.
Switching from hdd to ssd in laptop is massive difference in performance. Not to mention desktop PCs.
Well here's the thing. People are still buying HDD PCs. And there is shitloads of inventory around to use.. so they'll always be in PCs.. A manufacturer will get deals done to make sure they do.
It's up to the buyer to be informed.. At decisions at the manufacturers will all come down to what is selling and what profit margins are like. Nobody should be fired for placing HDDs in laptops.. However if you go buy a PC and are not informed about how much better SSDs are either by the internet, someone you know or the sales person then you should just fire yourself for poor decisions and ignorance on your part..
With prices like this, whoever pre-installs cheap-slow-ass HDD to laptops should be fired.
Switching from hdd to ssd in laptop is massive difference in performance. Not to mention desktop PCs.
Well here's the thing. People are still buying HDD PCs. And there is shitloads of inventory around to use.. so they'll always be in PCs.. A manufacturer will get deals done to make sure they do.
It's up to the buyer to be informed.. At decisions at the manufacturers will all come down to what is selling and what profit margins are like. Nobody should be fired for placing HDDs in laptops.. However if you go buy a PC and are not informed about how much better SSDs are either by the internet, someone you know or the sales person then you should just fire yourself for poor decisions and ignorance on your part..
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#5667997 Posted on: 05/11/2019 09:32 AM
Just curious where that $150-200 pricing comes from. I see plenty less known and known brands near the 100-110$ for 960/1TB at newegg.
Unless you mean an NVME drive but even then, there a HP and Corsair nvme for $121 and $134 respectively.
Granted, It's with VAT, where It now dawns on me that the 0.1$ is probably without, but that still makes it more expensive. I live live in Czech Republic.
Just curious where that $150-200 pricing comes from. I see plenty less known and known brands near the 100-110$ for 960/1TB at newegg.
Unless you mean an NVME drive but even then, there a HP and Corsair nvme for $121 and $134 respectively.
Granted, It's with VAT, where It now dawns on me that the 0.1$ is probably without, but that still makes it more expensive. I live live in Czech Republic.
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#5668001 Posted on: 05/11/2019 09:50 AM
Well here's the thing. People are still buying HDD PCs. And there is shitloads of inventory around to use.. so they'll always be in PCs.. A manufacturer will get deals done to make sure they do.
It's up to the buyer to be informed.. At decisions at the manufacturers will all come down to what is selling and what profit margins are like. Nobody should be fired for placing HDDs in laptops.. However if you go buy a PC and are not informed about how much better SSDs are either by the internet, someone you know or the sales person then you should just fire yourself for poor decisions and ignorance on your part..
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Well here's the thing. People are still buying HDD PCs. And there is shitloads of inventory around to use.. so they'll always be in PCs.. A manufacturer will get deals done to make sure they do.
It's up to the buyer to be informed.. At decisions at the manufacturers will all come down to what is selling and what profit margins are like. Nobody should be fired for placing HDDs in laptops.. However if you go buy a PC and are not informed about how much better SSDs are either by the internet, someone you know or the sales person then you should just fire yourself for poor decisions and ignorance on your part..
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Well on newegg the WD 2TB at $ 225 where 1TB $115 so that less then double the price by $5 bucks LoL