WD Black SN770 PCIe Gen4x4 NVMe Solid State Drive: 1TB $64, 2TB

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Need them 4tb and 8tb to be this price ha

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BoscoNevergiveup

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Why are hard drives so expensive now, I miss 2 years ago. lol

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drsnowmon

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Slow, I'd rather get the SK hynix Platinum P41

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another non-slickdeal. $119 is average price 2tb at amz. $10 less at china mart is a slickdeal? c'mon.

Thanks for the feedback on it - shared it because it did really well when it was previously $2 less.

That said, one of the most powerful tools on SD is that all deals are voted on by the community. Please vote on it however you feel Smilie

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LikeABadPenny

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DRAMless if that matters for your needs.

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Slow, I'd rather get the SK hynix Platinum P41

Heard those drives have problems, Google it. Shame as the P31's were great drives.

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Quote from BoscoNevergiveup

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Why are hard drives so expensive now, I miss 2 years ago. lol

Price fixing

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Quote from BoscoNevergiveup

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Why are hard drives so expensive now, I miss 2 years ago. lol

That's why you don't listen to the "Keep holding! Prices are only going to go down!" crowd. A lot of people think they can see the future.

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Quote from Shake-N-Bake

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That's why you don't listen to the "Keep holding! Prices are only going to go down!" crowd. A lot of people think they can see the future.

Wait… what! You can't?!

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Quote from Will_R

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Spinning hard drives with platters? Chia crypto along with fewer big brands in the space these days. Western Digital and Seagate are basically all we have now as big reputable brands. After that Toshiba is still kicking around and then the rest are sort of white box no name drives I wouldn't trust. Less competition tends to lead to higher prices and less innovation. Flooding of the plants doesn't help either. The big reason is probably developing markets simply buying more increasing the global demand thus increasing the price.

Neither Chia nor the small number of manufacturers are things that happened in the last 2 years. The big Thailand flood was over a decade ago. It's only the last couple months that prices really started to spike.

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SSDs? The world simply doesn't have enough fabs. During COVID shutdowns and slowed economies, SSD demand somehow plummeted. The result was companies lowering their prices over and over to encourage sales. Demand is back up now, so prices follow.
Add inflation, currency devaluation, and tariffs on top of that, and don't expect prices to be going back down again any time quickly unless someone develops cheaper layering technology or the fab production increases substantially enough to lower wafer prices.

It doesn't seem like fabs are the issue. In fact, due to soft demand, the major players have cut back NAND production. It happened around 2023, and it's happening again now. Current prices would probably be higher had YMTC not flooded the market. They're a Chinese manufacturer that's relatively new to the US market. Supposedly, some of their NAND (such as the 232-layer TLC) is pretty good.

I read an interesting comment questioning if some NAND producers could be in trouble. Companies like Kioxia and SanDisk (I think) don't have as many other products to fall back on like Samsung, Micron, and SK Hynix (which also make DRAM, among other things). I hope they don't get driven out of business or forced to merge.

I wouldn't be surprised if SSD prices begin to rise again, in the not too distant future.

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$10 more on Amazon if you want next day delivery.

I don't even get two-day shipping from Amazon anymore. They say it'll happen in two days and then deliver in 4-5. Only when I absolutely need something in the two day window and complain to them do they actually deliver it in two days.

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Quote from BoscoNevergiveup

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Why are hard drives so expensive now, I miss 2 years ago. lol

Your probably to young to remember the 90s when memory and data hard drives were unaffordable do to some manufacturing issues and then the price fixing made it worse. The CPA was late to the game and it just made it worse.

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Rating:	(4.7 out of 5 stars)
Reviews:	367 Walmart Reviews
Product Description:	Get ready to game even faster with the WD_BLACK™ SN770 NVMe™ SSD. Zoom past load times and get into the action now with a purpose-built gaming drive that boasts up to 40% faster performance and up to 20% more power efficiency at maximum speed over the previous generation (1TB model). The PCIe® Gen4 interface2 is compatible with leading CPU and motherboard platforms, is backwards-compatible with PCIe® Gen 3, and delivers blazing speeds of up to 5,150MB/s (1TB and 2TB models). That means less time waiting and more time playing and streaming your favorite titles. With capacities up to 2TB, you can store more of those games and have space left over for future updates and downloadable content. All this performance comes packaged in a reliable SSD designed and built specifically for gamers like you. For extra peace of mind, the WD_BLACK SN770 comes backed by a 5-year limited warranty so you can game on with confidence. Get into the game fast as you zoom past load times with blazing speeds of up to 5,150MB/s Equipped with a PCIe® Gen4 interface, the WD_BLACK™ SN770 NVMe™ SSD helps fuel in-game responsiveness, minimize stutter, and provide smooth streaming for a performance boost you can see and feel. Get tons of space for your latest games, future updates, and downloadable content with capacities up to 2TB. Optimize peak performance in gaming mode and monitor your drive’s health with the WD_BLACK™ Dashboard so you can game with confidence. Equipped with advanced thermal management technology that helps maintain consistent performance, this reliable drive from a trusted brand comes backed by a 5-year limited warranty.
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