Monday, November 26th 2018
SSDs Are Cheaper Than Ever, Hit the Magic 10 Cents Per Gigabyte Threshold
It may be quite difficult to find bargains when it comes to DDR4 system memory or high-end graphics cards these days, but at least SSDs are more affordable now to help bandage that wound. This price drop of solid state storage has been happening throughout this year, and some units have reached a cost of 10 cents per gigabyte, a milestone difficult to have imagined a couple of years ago. The 2 TB variant of the Crucial MX500 SSD, for example, can be found now at $209, and those interested may want to check out our review of the 1 TB version before committing to a purchase.
This is great news already, but there is even better news coming as that cost will reportedly continue to drop. NAND flash could drop to $0.08 per gigabyte in 2019 according to some analysts, and some alternatives such as QLC drives from Samsung could push that trend even further. The traditional HDD market is also getting more inexpensive and better bang-for-your-buck, with a 2017 report from BackBlaze showed for example how cost per gigabyte was approaching $0.02 per gigabyte a year ago on some units. As always, price prediction reports tend to come out with the US market as a case study, but our own global TechPowerUp team is appreciating having more SSDs on deck for files and programs alike.
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Tom's Hardware
This is great news already, but there is even better news coming as that cost will reportedly continue to drop. NAND flash could drop to $0.08 per gigabyte in 2019 according to some analysts, and some alternatives such as QLC drives from Samsung could push that trend even further. The traditional HDD market is also getting more inexpensive and better bang-for-your-buck, with a 2017 report from BackBlaze showed for example how cost per gigabyte was approaching $0.02 per gigabyte a year ago on some units. As always, price prediction reports tend to come out with the US market as a case study, but our own global TechPowerUp team is appreciating having more SSDs on deck for files and programs alike.
70 Comments on SSDs Are Cheaper Than Ever, Hit the Magic 10 Cents Per Gigabyte Threshold
QLC is literally a reduction in longevity to reduce costs. That's the entire point of it, hence why most (sane) power users wouldn't touch them with a barge pole. Saving 25% but getting a product that lasts 50% as long isn't very savvy lol.
Yeah anyone sane can see the irony in that statement! What, you're not making sense anymore o_O
Now let's see how you spin the other part, oft repeated by you, that the (QLC) SSD lasts less than HDD?
Here's the thing, most people don't just keep an SSD for a few years then bin it, so having it fail sooner to save a few bucks is counter productive. I.E the 6 year old 500GB SATA-III SSD I use for games used to be my boot drive before I got the aforementioned NVMe one, and the near 9 year old 480GB SATA-II SSD I use for downloads and older games was my boot drive before that. Many people keep their drives long term so having them last longer is worth more to us than saving a nominal amount because the quality is lower.
Stop the retaliatory comments.
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Here is #32:
The hard drive I want to get is $0.037/GB (12 TB).
here it is.
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When you see the story from the home page, the first comment there (after the story) is considered post# 1
That's where the confusion is coming from when @Andika made reference to post #32. @Andika is referencing the comments from the home page under the story and @rtwjunkie is looking back through the forums posting.
I'm not sure if there is a way that @W1zzard could fix this so there isn't future confusion or issues?
Not sure if there's a way for you to allow the news entries on the home page to be considered post #1 so any comments after it start off as post #2? That way it would match up with what you see if you're on the forums.