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Micron just demoed the world's fastest SSD with PCIe 6.x tech, a sequential read speed of 27GB/s, and yes, it's just a prototype for now (www.techradar.com)
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[–] GeekySalsa 11 points 3 days ago (2 children)

SSDs have gotten much cheaper. 10 years ago, they were over $0.50/GB, now they're just over $0.04/GB That's over 12 times cheaper.

You can get a 2tb ssd for $85. 10 years ago a 2tb ssd would've been super expensive and very boogie.

[–] hark 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)

SSDs were even cheaper until memory manufacturers decided it was getting too cheap: https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/ssds/ssd-prices-predicted-to-skyrocket-throughout-2024

They predicted prices would go higher and, through the magic of intentionally constricting supply, it happened. Prices still have not dropped back down to where they were in 2023.

[–] GeekySalsa 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

I'm not sure if SSDs were really cheaper before. RIght now, I'm seeing about $0.043-$0.05/GB. From what I recall, that's about the same or a little better than what we had in 2023.

However, I very much agree that prices should have decreased much further in that time.

[–] hark 2 points 1 day ago

This isn't extensive, but when looking up products on amazon through camelcamelcamel that existed in 2023 and now, the trend matches up:

https://camelcamelcamel.com/product/B07ZQ97H3W

https://camelcamelcamel.com/product/B09QV5KJHV

[–] qaz 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Where can you get a 2TB SSD for $85? Most 2TB SSD's I've seen cost about €120 with the cheapest going down to €98.

[–] GeekySalsa 1 points 1 day ago

There are several options here below $90 (including a couple nvme ones), and a couple at or below $85: https://pcpartpicker.com/products/internal-hard-drive/#t=0&sort=price&page=1&A=1600000000000,24000000000000