Need clarification for HDD prices..

[Gauravs90]

Hi...

I live in meerut, U.P. Dealers here are saying that prices of HDD has gone up for 3 times the original price because of flood in Thailand. Is it true in any respect?

 

[sam1]

yes, that's true. and it will be that way for some time....

 

[whitestar_999]

it's true.to be more accurate prices are gone up by ~2.5 times at places where you get the lowest price like nehru place,online shops etc.so in places like meerut increase will be more than this.

 

[RCuber]

Yep, its gone up .. I remember that my friend had bought a 500GB HDD for 2K in October, but now its about 3.4K

 

[sam1]

check out this link -
1TB hard drive prices skyrocket 180 percent due to Thailand floods - Yahoo! News

 

[d6bmg]

Wait for 5-6 months before buying if it isn't absolutely necessary.

 

[Gauravs90]

are all hdd of many companies like toshiba, samsung, WD, seagate are made only in thailand?

 

[krishnandu.sarkar]

Guys, how about this??

TheITWares - One Stop for all Gizmos!Seagate Barracuda LP ST32000542AS 2TB 5900 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Hard Drive Looks like cheapest. What are your views??

 

[MyGeekTips]

Guys, how about this??

TheITWares - One Stop for all Gizmos!Seagate Barracuda LP ST32000542AS 2TB 5900 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Hard Drive Looks like cheapest. What are your views??

Failure rate is too high.

 

[krishnandu.sarkar]

Ohh..!! Didn't knew. Thanks for the information

 

[sam1]

are all hdd of many companies like toshiba, samsung, WD, seagate are made only in thailand?

mostly. maybe that's why we get them so cheap.