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?
Where is the cheapest place to buy harddrives right now?
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na, they have put the price up already :(
wow, didnt noticed until you pointed it out… so weird,, i got a drive from msy last monday for 119.. now its 149..wtf
must be a knee jerk reaction to the floods in Thailand where WD make a lot of their hdds
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)
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.
How about getting some ext ones and taking the hdds out of their casing.
http://dicksmith.com.au/product/XH1218/wd-elements-2tb-deskt…
Why bother? You nullify the warranty, and it costs more than buying a bare drive
A 2TB WD Green is about $104 delivered on eBay, and even cheaper if you are prepared to drive to collect.
Exactly as citybargainhunter said. Buy some external drives and take them out! You've even got an existing case to use later on!
Hell yea! THe 3 TB external I bought for 120$ is worth double! <3
Seagate Expansion 3 TB USB 3.0 Desktop External Hard Drive $123.95 USD Incl Shipping
You could use 1TB's - about $70 on Ebay… much better value
(or edit that search to fiond 500's at about $50
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.
Great news!! I might hold off for a little while
thankfully I have plenty of disk space - enough to last me till mid 2012
From staticice results
Cheapest is $46.20 from ITSDirect (QLD)