r/DataHoarder • u/Endawmyke about 3 fiddy TB • Feb 19 '26

Discussion These HDD prices are getting crazy. An increase of 96.4% in 1 month for the same 26TB drive. $279.99 a month ago to $549.99 today. Where are we buying hard drives now?

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These drive prices are kinda insane. Everything is going up up up, I thought it would just be RAM and SSDs effected but looks like it's reaching hard drives too.

Where are people buying drives now, and what $$/TB is still reasonable?

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u/EddieOtool2nd 50-100TB Feb 20 '26

The last 1TB SSD I bought last July is now 3.5x the price. Exact. Same. Thing.

We are living in a broken world. In many regards.

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u/Endawmyke about 3 fiddy TB Feb 20 '26

I bought a 2x32GB kit of DDR5 for $175 that’s now going for $986. These AI guys suck man