PC Buying Guide 2011- Q4

[Skud]

Sad ones, to be correct. Don't know, but if it really goes like this for 1 year, this might be the end of HDD.

 

[d6bmg]

^^ For their survival, they will have to bring down the prices of HDD, otherwise, as you have feared, SSDs will kill them.

 

[rajnusker]

Sad ones, to be correct. Don't know, but if it really goes like this for 1 year, this might be the end of HDD.

Don't worry, prices will lower down soon. And the price has not crossed the borders. There won't be end of HDD, unless 2TB+ SSD's are released and sold dirt cheap. There are users who needs massive amount of space to store there data, what do you expect them to do, buy 10 ssds?

 

[Extreme Gamer]

The problem is not cost, but supply. 80% of the HDD production has stopped due to the thailand floods.

So prices increase to check demand for HDDs. Most factories wont reopen until Q3 2012 so prices may just be a royal PITA.

My suggestion? Buy as many HDDs now as you want before 2TB goes back to 12k.

JS: The prices I cant find in India

The MAX IOPS Drives 120GB cost me ~11k each at Amazon (prices gone up now to ~12500).

The revodrive 3 x2 should cost ~36k because its ULTRA FAST 1.5GB/s read.(two 120GB boards together.).

The revodrive 3 (non x2) 240GB should cost ~30k, but is much slower at 66% the peak performance of the x2 at 1GB/s read.

 

[thetechfreak]

We have to add as HDD optional instead of SSD if the price getting higher

Not atleast for next 3 months or so?


Jas did you decide which Keyboard-Mouse Combo to give?

 

[topgear]

but rigs will go out of budget then

but as I said before we can do nothing about this - rigs prices will hike by 1.5-2k.

@ Jaskanwar Singhji: 1 TB HDD Price is 4.5K Now & 500 GB: 3.5 K now.

Time for some LiveCD/pen drive based configs.

but even though HDD is a must have in any rig IMO and still it's a much cheaper and massive storage solution than anything at the same price point.

some latest cpu prices :

Intel Core i5 2500k @ 11.7k
Intel Core i7 2600k @ 17.2k

AMD Phenom II X6 1100T BE @ 10k
AMD Phenom II X6 1090T BE @ 9k
AMD Phenom II X6 1055T @ 7.8k

same price on SMC and theitwares.

any chance to see a AMD hexa core rig ??

 

[Skud]

Yeah, BD reviews have suddenly make the X6 looks like a very good option. Never knew these parts were that good.

 

[topgear]

This is not AMD Bulldozer News and Discussion thread - posts of Extreme Gamer, Skud, d3p5kor, d6bmg and rajnusker moved into here with proper quotes

*www.thinkdigit.com/forum/cpu-motherboards/135848-amd-bulldozer-news-discussion-35.html

discuss about BullDozer cpu here :
*www.thinkdigit.com/forum/cpu-motherboards/135848-amd-bulldozer-news-discussion.html

post of rajatGod512 regarding OCZ PSu and answer by thetechfreak moved in here
*www.thinkdigit.com/forum/power-supply-cabinets-mods/104472-basic-guide-right-power-supply-19.html

@ Jas - We should edit the rig configs with new HDD prices :

500GB HDDs are more than 3.5k and 1TB HDD has reached 6k (WD ) and 5k mark ( Seagate ) - check this out :
*www.thinkdigit.com/forum/1516802-post4691.html

 

[jabber]

@ Jas - We should edit the rig configs with new HDD prices :

500GB HDDs are more than 3.5k and 1TB HDD has reached 6k (WD ) and 5k mark ( Seagate ) - check this out :
*www.thinkdigit.com/forum/1516802-post4691.html

What the hell going on ?

Buy a PC Without HDD ????????????????????

 

[Extreme Gamer]

The prices will go up. Buy 2 HDDs now to prevent expenditure of 10k later.

 

[The Sorcerer]

HDD prices have increased because of WD manufacturing units being hit in Thailand. Now that this is a good time to earn money from HDDs while one still can, Seagate and other HDD prices are hiked up!

 

[MegaMind]

^Any idea on how long will this situation prevail?

 

[Jaskanwar Singh]

Jas did you decide which Keyboard-Mouse Combo to give?

what you say?

This is not AMD Bulldozer News and Discussion thread - posts of Extreme Gamer, Skud, d3p5kor, d6bmg and rajnusker moved into here with proper quotes

*www.thinkdigit.com/forum/cpu-motherboards/135848-amd-bulldozer-news-discussion-35.html

discuss about BullDozer cpu here :
*www.thinkdigit.com/forum/cpu-motherboards/135848-amd-bulldozer-news-discussion.html

post of rajatGod512 regarding OCZ PSu and answer by thetechfreak moved in here
*www.thinkdigit.com/forum/power-supply-cabinets-mods/104472-basic-guide-right-power-supply-19.html

@ Jas - We should edit the rig configs with new HDD prices :

500GB HDDs are more than 3.5k and 1TB HDD has reached 6k (WD ) and 5k mark ( Seagate ) - check this out :
*www.thinkdigit.com/forum/1516802-post4691.html

what about putting 250GB and 320GB from here -
TheITWares - One Stop for all Gizmos!Internal Hard Drives

 

[vickybat]

^^ I suggest to keep the original prices. The hike is temporary i guess and things will be back to normal once the flood clears up and production begins.
When somebody asks for a config in a new thread, we can suggest there.

 

[Extreme Gamer]

production will begin AT LEAST after 6 months from now.

 

[Skud]

And fear remains it may lengthen further.

 

[Extreme Gamer]

yeah. best to stockpile while you can guys.

Spoiler

off-topic: skud, PM me when your CD arrives from Amazon

see this-

*www.thinkdigit.com/forum/internet-...ping-guide-feedback-thread-7.html#post1516814
*www.thinkdigit.com/forum/internet-...ping-guide-feedback-thread-7.html#post1516957

 

[vickybat]

@ Extreme Gamer

Man this is bad. Where did you get the info from?

 

[Skud]

Its everywhere online. Visit any hardware or technology site. Or better, google it.

 

[Extreme Gamer]

the floods have caused water to enter the factories. hence the delay.