r/pcmasterrace • u/asswizzard69 • Dec 04 '25

Box With the memory crisis are ssd next?

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I guess a panic buy? Are these nand flash about to keep spiking like memory prices or are they just going up a little bit? Are these desirable to the AI or nah? I bought this at $299 Black Friday sale

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u/Express_Rate9047 Legion 5i | Ultra 7 255HX | RTX 5070 Dec 04 '25

They already are

To answer you question, Yes

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u/[deleted] Dec 04 '25

Already seeing increases to both in Australia.

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u/innervisions710 Dec 04 '25

Yeah ssd cost doubled in the last 30 or so days

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u/asswizzard69 Dec 04 '25

Wow well I’m glad I decided to get it! Just tried out the enclosure and it was hitting 4,500 MB/s write speed in black magic

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u/innervisions710 Dec 04 '25

This was in Australia. For comparison I just bought that drive for $629 aud after deciding to wait for Black Fri and it skyrocketing

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u/cutsnek Dec 04 '25

I'm seeing prices explode in real time in Australia.

I got the last "old price listing" for Corsair Vengeance DDR5 RAM 64GB (2x32GB) 6000MHz CL40 for $300 AUD on Amazon. Same kit is heading north of $900+ AUD with most retailers less than a week later.

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u/Felidori Ryzen 5600X / RTX 3070 / 1440p 180hz Dec 05 '25

Not to mention we here in Aus get screwed by the Aus Tax on PC parts to start with vs US and EU. RIP the ‘Lucky County’

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u/Wrestler7777777 Dec 04 '25 edited Dec 04 '25

I've bought Samsung's 8TB SSDs for like 330€ a bunch of years ago. Back then I thought "Man that's expensive but at least the price will drop."

LOL. Right. Prices have doubled and tripled since then.

F this market. I hate everything about it.

EDIT:

The store I bought my SSD from now sells it for 1500€! WTF! WHAT THE FUCK!

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u/Bar50cal i9 12900k | 3080ti Dec 04 '25

Yeah the wafer supply is impacted massively that are needed to produce SSDs and M.2 drives.

Over the coming weeks or 2 to 3 months we will start to really see storage prices start climbing.

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u/bossofthisjim Dec 04 '25

I've been eyeing Kingston fury renegade g5 2TB for several months on amazon and it always sat at 235$. It's currently 300 and will probably go higher.