Don't buy Hard drives!!!!

[sbridgey]

the prices have gone up massively

1TB used to cost circa £30

http://web.archive.org/web/20101025...are/All/Hard-Drives-Int/SATA-I-and-II-1TB-3TB

they now cost £100

http://www.scan.co.uk/shop/computer-hardware/all/hard-drives-int/sata-ii-1tb-3tb

It is due to the floods in thailand. Definitely avoid buying mechanical Hard drives for the foreseeable future.

 

[dk]

Surely, if you have to buy a hard drive, then you have to buy a hard drive?

 

[Will.]

Someone at work told me that he was going to buy SSD because the price of norma HDD were going up. He didn't know how much SSD's were though.

 

[sbridgey]

Surely, if you have to buy a hard drive, then you have to buy a hard drive?

Well obviously if you have to, you have to, but don't buy if don't need too

 

[Sym0n]

OMG!!!1!

I bought two 1Tb HDDs just the other day, they set me back £137 for the pair. Will the world now implode?!?!

 

[AK]

Check y0 bank, bro.

 

[Gareth]

Wow, good job I got the drives for my NAS when I did (they were £60) they are now £125.

 

[paddymph]

Balls

I was in the market for a 1TB HD too

 

[Silent_Scone]

should go back to normal in Jan..if you have a gander on ebay, not everyones realised the price hike.

 

[olliewebbuk]

Don't buy hard drives!!!! Also hide your kids, hide your wife!!!!

 

[Addicted]

I don't see any that cost £100?

 

[sbridgey]

even more expensive here

http://www.ebuyer.com/search?page=1&store=33&cat=392&filterca76=1000

 

[Addicted]

eek, now i see what you mean!

 

[Silent_Scone]

flol

 

[Scott™]

Surely, if you have to buy a hard drive, then you have to buy a hard drive?

Actual LOL. So true.

 

[iain187]

you can make some good sales on ebay at the moment

 

[Goodj]

Good thing there's the option to delete files these days then