Where is the cheapest place to buy harddrives right now?

lukelegend on 24/10/2011 - 22:15

OMG, Harddrives have gone up 50% overnight! and i need to buy about 20 drives for my new business setup. where is the cheapest place to get some 500gig sata harddrives? overseas?

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  • issh on 24/10/2011 - 22:44

    From staticice results
    Cheapest is $46.20 from ITSDirect (QLD)

    • lukelegend on 24/10/2011 - 22:47

      na, they have put the price up already :(

  • ynot1985 on 24/10/2011 - 22:57
    +2

    wow, didnt noticed until you pointed it out… so weird,, i got a drive from msy last monday for 119.. now its 149..wtf

  • morpheu on 25/10/2011 - 00:36
    +1

    must be a knee jerk reaction to the floods in Thailand where WD make a lot of their hdds

  • [Deactivated] on 25/10/2011 - 03:51

    Then do you need all 20 drives now, or can you add them in in a few months time. Say after the first fill up (allowing for raid etc)

  • c64 on 25/10/2011 - 04:20

    wtf? woohoo! my 2tb sammys are worth gold!

    gee, i was seriously considering going to bangkok but for whatever reason i let the plans lapse.

  • citybargainhunter on 25/10/2011 - 15:24

    How about getting some ext ones and taking the hdds out of their casing.

    http://dicksmith.com.au/product/XH1218/wd-elements-2tb-deskt…

    • llama on 26/10/2011 - 11:59

      Why bother? You nullify the warranty, and it costs more than buying a bare drive

      A 2TB WD Green is about $104 delivered on eBay, and even cheaper if you are prepared to drive to collect.

  • Maz78 on 25/10/2011 - 21:26

    Exactly as citybargainhunter said. Buy some external drives and take them out! You've even got an existing case to use later on!

  • massari on 25/10/2011 - 22:31

    Hell yea! THe 3 TB external I bought for 120$ is worth double! <3

  • altomic on 26/10/2011 - 00:24

    Seagate Expansion 3 TB USB 3.0 Desktop External Hard Drive $123.95 USD Incl Shipping

    http://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/55718

  • llama on 26/10/2011 - 11:57

    You could use 1TB's - about $70 on Ebay… much better value

    http://tinyurl.com/3n4wtkw

    (or edit that search to fiond 500's at about $50

  • scrimshaw on 26/10/2011 - 18:46
    +1

    Tracking prices on PCCG:

    Samsung F3 1TB
    Last Wednesday – $59
    Monday – $65
    Tuesday – $85
    Today – $109
    Next week - $$$$??

    Prices are expected to rise until early 2012, when Nidec once again resumes their operation.

    It looks like some insane price gouging has started to happen — hopefully SSD's retain their price instead of going up…

    edit:

    We have some good news. Nidec is operating again, it seems.

    Nidec also said it would start making HDD motors in the Philippines and China to make up for lost production.

    • lukelegend on 27/10/2011 - 19:55

      Great news!! I might hold off for a little while

  • harthagan on 29/10/2011 - 01:53

    thankfully I have plenty of disk space - enough to last me till mid 2012

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