Great job, now we need just same prices as hdd have 1:1 😉

wake me when this happens.... 179$ for 512gb just stupid I could get 1 tb for 200$, I think these SSD companies have no intrested in let ssd become same price as hdd, seeing i been hearing prices will come down to hdd prices for better part of 5 years now

179$ for 512gb just stupid I could get 1 tb for 200$, I think these SSD companies have no intrested in let ssd become same price as hdd, seeing i been hearing prices will come down to hdd prices for better part of 5 years now

Both prices have gone up, practically speaking. HDD business is kind of a sunset industry with players gradually dropping out. It isn't overly lucrative, as vital as it still is. That's why Samsung for example exited it years ago already. The factories getting flooded in Thailand was a big problem as well a bunch of years ago, causing an instant price spike that never recovered. NAND is seeing increasing demand all the time while the supply isn't growing as much, and the denser chips are naturally getting more expensive. This is partially compensated by switching to the lousier TLC, leaving MLC to the more expensive pro series that are sold much less. SSD prices have risen quite significantly during the last couple of years, so SSDs actually getting cheaper isn't in the near vicinity. The US nuclear disaster driving Toshiba to dire straits is another question mark for the NAND supply. In short, you haven't been hearing that from people who know how things really are.

Both prices have gone up, practically speaking. HDD business is kind of a sunset industry with players gradually dropping out. It isn't overly lucrative, as vital as it still is. That's why Samsung for example exited it years ago already. The factories getting flooded in Thailand was a big problem as well a bunch of years ago, causing an instant price spike that never recovered. NAND is seeing increasing demand all the time while the supply isn't growing as much, and the denser chips are naturally getting more expensive. This is partially compensated by switching to the lousier TLC, leaving MLC to the more expensive pro series that are sold much less. SSD prices have risen quite significantly during the last couple of years, so SSDs actually getting cheaper isn't in the near vicinity. The US nuclear disaster driving Toshiba to dire straits is another question mark for the NAND supply. In short, you haven't been hearing that from people who know how things really are.

What did i miss about Toshiba?

Complaining about HDD prices. Yes, prices were artificially inflated years ago and never returned back. Capacities got larger, cloud services and current trend killing any P2P... Demand for HDDs in consumer sector diminished. Then there is life expectancy. Today, I expect my SSDs to outlive my HDDs. Again hit to demand. No dead drives, no need for new ones. I need only SSD for new computer, no HDD as I can reuse older if needed for storage of installers/backups. My total storage space is 6TB, and only 2.5TB is connected to running devices. From that 2TB is used for live applications like games / SDKs / Editors. Rest are data. If I connect old backups, I can just wipe 2TB HDD without loss of anything of importance. Our approach to storage requirements is changing. For some it is faster for others it is slower process, but it is reaction to changing world. Today, people who need a lot of storage are streamers, YT guys... 10~15 years ago everyone was sitting on some p2p network or two. And SSDs are not even worth using for those large files.

What did i miss about Toshiba?

Westinghouse went under. It was a part of Toshiba and caused billions of losses for them. They have been planning to sell their semiconductor business to avoid a bankruptcy of the whole corporation. If that business is bought by another current NAND manufacturer, thus severely limiting competition, you can imagine what would happen.

Both prices have gone up, practically speaking. HDD business is kind of a sunset industry with players gradually dropping out. It isn't overly lucrative, as vital as it still is. That's why Samsung for example exited it years ago already. The factories getting flooded in Thailand was a big problem as well a bunch of years ago, causing an instant price spike that never recovered. NAND is seeing increasing demand all the time while the supply isn't growing as much, and the denser chips are naturally getting more expensive. This is partially compensated by switching to the lousier TLC, leaving MLC to the more expensive pro series that are sold much less. SSD prices have risen quite significantly during the last couple of years, so SSDs actually getting cheaper isn't in the near vicinity. The US nuclear disaster driving Toshiba to dire straits is another question mark for the NAND supply. In short, you haven't been hearing that from people who know how things really are.

I been reading on Guru3d news...

Complaining about HDD prices. Yes, prices were artificially inflated years ago and never returned back. Capacities got larger, cloud services and current trend killing any P2P... Demand for HDDs in consumer sector diminished. Then there is life expectancy. Today, I expect my SSDs to outlive my HDDs. Again hit to demand. No dead drives, no need for new ones. I need only SSD for new computer, no HDD as I can reuse older if needed for storage of installers/backups. My total storage space is 6TB, and only 2.5TB is connected to running devices. From that 2TB is used for live applications like games / SDKs / Editors. Rest are data. If I connect old backups, I can just wipe 2TB HDD without loss of anything of importance. Our approach to storage requirements is changing. For some it is faster for others it is slower process, but it is reaction to changing world. Today, people who need a lot of storage are streamers, YT guys... 10~15 years ago everyone was sitting on some p2p network or two. And SSDs are not even worth using for those large files.

eh now days game isntalls are 50+gbs, space need by more then streamers

I been reading on Guru3d news...

Guru3D did have news about SSD prices rising, I'm quite sure of that (though I could still be wrong, with my memory). I can't recall any predictions about the SSD price efficiency reaching HDD levels, quite the contrary. Not so much about traditional HDD pricing because those prices rose already years ago and simply never recuperated, so there're no news to report. Speaking of consumer products here.

Late last year NAND shortage drives up prices, new BICS 64-layers could help solve that long term though. Example, Samsung 750 Evo 500GB prices month over month should go down, not up: http://nl.guru3d.com/750-evo.png