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

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

The price of that today? £180.

That’s an increase of 160% looooool

@yassie_j i can beat that, ahem: kingston nv2 m.2 ssd that completely maxes out pcie3.0 speeds for 60 euros
@coolbean we had it so good back then
@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