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It's incredible how much the prices have fallen and that's how it should be. Sure, I bought the 960 close to launch but still the difference is staggering.

The 960 Evo still chugs along albeit it's a new one because a few months after I bought it, I had to RMA it. I guess that's what happens when you are an early adopter. I lost a few hours of work when the original 960 Evo decided to stop working but it also taught me to be more paranoia with backups.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

My Dell XPS has a 256gb nvme for it's OS maybe it's time I upgraded it 🤔

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

For the longest time, SSD prices stayed high. I think with supply outstripping demand by so much finally forced their hand to drop by quite a bit. Instead of a smooth decrease over time, it feels like sudden drops. Also, QLC means higher storage density for cheap.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

In 2018 I bought a 500Gb 780(?) (Still SATA, NVMe was still not really generally available) for 150€. I think it now goes for like 30€.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

That's good to see. :) What's a good and reliable brand/model to look out for? I don't trust many of those unknown (to me at least) manufacturers with the cheapest prices.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I feel like you paid a lot for that SSD, I think I bought 1TB for 150€ at about that time. Still, prices now are great

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Puts a tear to my eye. My laptop still has a 256gb m.2 SSD as its main drive because everything else was too expensive at the time.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Just made a new build, 6 tb of Evo was less than $300. Prices are great at the moment

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (2 children)

What's the catch?

I mean is it getting cheaper because SSDs generally have lower life expectancy?

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