I find it disappointing to remember that before this AI crap, SSDs were falling in price so rapidly that it was starting to become worthwhile to get one regardless. Like my brother got an SSD for his PS5 because it was on sale and he might as well slap it in. We’re talking pure commodity prices

Now that SSD is probably worth half as much as the PlayStation

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Okay, it was 1 TB, purchased in May 2022 for £70.

The price of that today? £180.

That’s an increase of 160% looooool

Show threadvozer 3d ago
@yassie_j i should start deleting files and sell my ssd
Show threadsinsinewave | ΘΔ🦈 | 🏳‍⚧3d ago
@yassie_j can't recall when i bought them but pretty similar to my two 960GB /home drives, 60€ each back in the day
Show threadgatita con frijoles   3d ago
@yassie_j i can beat that, ahem: kingston nv2 m.2 ssd that completely maxes out pcie3.0 speeds for 60 euros
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@coolbean we had it so good back then
Show threadgatita con frijoles   3d ago
@yassie_j i remember when i felt a bit silly for advising a friend to get like silly fast ram a good while back

jokes on me, that shit probably costs more than a house at this point
Show threadAlice 3d ago
@[email protected] let's hope the bubble pops soon

there were some good news yesterday already
Show threadAlice 3d ago
@[email protected] see https://transmom.love/@elilla/116705030058133894
elilla&, famigerada travesti (@[email protected])

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Show threadsinsinewave | ΘΔ🦈 | 🏳‍⚧3d ago

@yassie_j yeah i recall using small SSDs as like, portable and temporary storage for various experiments and such, since a solid 250GB SATA one was like 20€, less than a half-decent flash drive

now it's almost worth it to go back to HDDs for everything but where the speed is an absolute necessity

Show threadOzzelot 3d ago
@sinewave @yassie_j And HDD prices are getting inflated as well
Show threadOzzelot 3d ago
@yassie_j My 64 gigs of God's green (okay, black, it's Kingston) DDR4 cost a bit over 3000 CZK back in 2024. Now the most recent price for that same kit in the same store was around 16000 CZK. It's not even available at the moment.