Tell HN: The insane price hike of internal SSDs

4 pointsposted 25 days ago
by malshe

Item id: 46607695

7 Comments

biglyburrito

25 days ago

I bought mine direct from Samsung for $300 in December 2025. Between the time I placed the order and the time it was delivered 3 days later, the price jumped almost 10% (to $327.99). Crazy.

FWIW the price is $439.99 direct from Samsung -- hardly cheap, but still less than $477:

https://www.samsung.com/us/computing/memory-storage/solid-st...

malshe

25 days ago

Thanks for the link. I think I bought one in August 2025 and got a great deal. Now my willingness to pay is anchored to that price :) I know it is irrational but I also don't need it urgently.

biglyburrito

25 days ago

I think the recent increase in prices of computer hardware is making everyone put a lot of thought into what components they need right now.

fennec-posix

25 days ago

Fabs for ICs such as GPUs and DRAM chips are booked out well into next year or further due to demand from the AI industry. I wouldn't be surprised if these fabs also work on non-volatile memory chips, and or, the demand for these is high as well.

zigmig

25 days ago

SANDISK stock rose to 748% in the past 6 Months, +89% in the past month alone. I missed the bus, amongst many other buses.