Buy your hard drives now

Glenn · Oct 21, 2011, 08:49:04

With servere flooding in Thailand, the prices of HDD are set to soar over the coming months

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/10/20/wd_floods_prices_shortages/

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/gallery/2011/oct/17/thailand-floods-thousands-stranded-in-pictures

Technical Ben · Oct 21, 2011, 09:52:19

Oh dear.

Rik · Oct 21, 2011, 11:59:50

It's a crazy world where manufacturers ignore the forces of nature and concentrate all their resources in one area. You'd have thought they would have learnt from the Japanese experience.

Technical Ben · Oct 21, 2011, 14:43:01

Concentrated production allows for greater margins of profit though?

Rik · Oct 21, 2011, 16:16:39

Not if they get wiped out.

Glenn · Oct 25, 2011, 16:58:20

I bought a 1Tb Samsung drive in Novatech on Saturday, for £49.99, the same model today is now £64.98

Rik · Oct 25, 2011, 17:01:43

They're not wasting any time, are they.

Gary · Oct 26, 2011, 09:17:33

Rare earth metals have been mentioned in price rises as well. I wonder if this only effects mechanical drives?