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SSD prices are still climbing, yet you are killing your drive for no good reason

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SSD prices are still climbing, yet you are killing your drive for no good reason
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In case you didn't notice, storage prices have been flying high for the last few months. It didn't start with SSDs and HDDs, though. The AI-induced DRAM shortage led to price hikes in consumer memory, and SSDs were the next victim. If you compare the price of a 2TB Gen4 NVMe SSD in September vs. now, you'll see up to a 3x increase. This isn't normal, but it is the reality we're living in right now. Even hard drives have seen a 30–40% price hike as demand shifts from flash storage to spinning dri

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