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HDD prices spike as AI infrastructure and China's PC push collide — hard drives record biggest price increase in eight quarters, suppliers warn pressure will continue (www.tomshardware.com)
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[–] Hamknight@lemmy.world 19 points 1 week ago (4 children)

I'm just gonna say, check out shucks.top, just got two 14tb drives for 160 each.

[–] Diurnambule@jlai.lu 3 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Thanks I didn't think of doing that. I have sole hard drove to replace the difference on price is 50% for some huge sdd. I found this link, is it hood info or ai slop ? https://quickharddrive.com/best-shucking-hard-drive-2024-guide/653/

[–] vulgarcynic@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I’ve trusted this site for a long time. https://shucks.top/

[–] Diurnambule@jlai.lu 2 points 1 week ago

Thanks I will look into it.

[–] Hamknight@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

That's def Ai, but it seems well curated and the info looks pretty reliable. I go for the western digital drives myself, they seem to have the best reliability. To pop them open it's just plastic clips, and once you get the corners to pop you can usually pull the rest by hand.

[–] Diurnambule@jlai.lu 1 points 1 week ago

Thanks for the advice. It made me doubt but I had no obvious clue.

[–] Someonelol@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Are they used HDDs? Nothing worse than buying something that's on the brink of dying.

[–] Hamknight@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Nope! They're brand new shuckable (you can take out the hdd) external drives. I have 10 14tb drives in my nas that all came from this. And if you keep the enclosures, you can still warrenty them.

[–] themachinestops@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 week ago

Used HDD aren't on the brink of dying some them could last decades.

[–] Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

If they are SMR, they are basically DOA (for my use case)

[–] Hamknight@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

None of the WD 14tb have been SMR as of yet. Neither have the two 18tb drives I've shucked.

[–] CtrlAltDefeat@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 week ago

Like 2 years ago that was just a normal price ffs