Andy built his first gaming PC at the tender age of 12, when IDE cables were a thing and high resolution wasn't. After spending over 15 years in the production industry overseeing a variety of live and recorded projects, he started writing his own PC hardware blog for a year in the hope that people might send him things. Sometimes they did.
Anyone doing a bit of SSD shopping recently will likely have noticed that the deals have not been as bountiful as they once were, and prices seem to be on the rise. According to a newly-discovered letter from Western Digital to its partners, price rises for its entire flash and hard drive portfolio are set to continue to increase, due to higher than expected demand and supply chain"challenges".).
While last year it was possible to buy a massive 4TB Gen 4 drive for under $200, these days those deals and ones like them are increasingly rare, although we're still finding the odd corker over on ourpage. And while it must be said that prices generally aren't as low at the start of the year as they are at the end, the hunt has definitely become harder, and by the looks of things that may continue for a while yet.
However, it looks like we're all in for a rough ride when it comes to storage pricing for the foreseeable future. Those of you whoplayed the game very well, but for those of us looking to buy in the near future, for now, it looks like we're going to have to open our wallets ever wider. Now working as a hardware writer for PC Gamer, Andy can be found quietly muttering to himself and drawing diagrams with his hands in thin air. It's best to leave him to it.
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