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Tell HN: The insane price hike of internal SSDs

by malshe·7mo ago·7 comments·view on hn ↗

I missed buying a 4TB Samsung 990 EVO Plus SSD for around $250 on Amazon during the Black Friday sale. I thought maybe there will be a Christmas discount. But the price started going up and hasn't stopped until now. Today it is priced at $477. What gives? I thought there was a shortage of RAM.

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https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/big-tech/adata-ch...

Thanks. That explains it.

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...

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.

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.

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.

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