Well, recent jumps in ram prices also cause the ssd market to go higher, since ssds are literally made with non volatile ram (NAND flash). This affects everyone that sells ssds, including even myself, and i only sell through my customers/friends circle and what i posted here. My own ssd supplier, soon as recent prices went skyhigh, immediately informed me that he's raising his prices. It's a chain reaction and affects everyone.
Still, with all the recent price hikes in ram related products if you ask me right now, "wtf do you have for sale" or "is there a bargain i can have?" i will tell you that i can sell you
Micron 5100 PRO 3.84 tb SATA III (lightly used with 100% life) for 180 euros and
Intel DC P4610X 7.68tb U.2 NVME pci-e gen 3 sealed, brand new for 350 euros and i will throw in the adapter needed for m.2 or pci-e slot for free.
Now, these are not current gen ssds but they are truly reliable workhorses and they are by far, much cheaper than their equivalents you find in Ebay/Reddit/ServerPartDeals or elsewhere. Plus i 'm not a ghost seller, you can reach me via phone, email and Whatsapp etc. anytime, if something happens, i 'm always avail.
With all that said, only a few peeps here bought drives from me (and i thank them of course). Which goes to show there is reluctance from people to buy something that will give them much better performance than their mechanical hdds even when it's cheap.
Or perhaps it's just me they don't like, which i can live with, np haha.
You 'd think that when selling quality products for cheap, people would rush to buy them. Errr nope. It's fine by me, i didn't have high expectations anyway and i already have been selling a lot of these ssds only by word of mouth.
So in a nutshell it really isn't a price matter, at least from where i stand. Some people just won't leave their comfort zone and some others find it hard to make the leap towards newer technologies. And some people straight out wouldn't trust giving a stranger money for tech products, which is also understandable.
Cheers

 

Another question (sorry!): Do NVME ssds like the ones inside Macbook last longer than "normal" ssds and do they also need to be powered up regularly to prevent data loss?

 

I was looking for an external HDD of 8 TB to back up my two external Samsung 4TB Portable SSD T7 Shield USB 3.2 Gen 2 Black drives (which cost €700). Which 8 TB HDD would you recommend?

 

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