Black Friday could be your last chance for a great SSD deal before price
rises kick in

Date:
Thu, 09 Nov 2023 11:20:51 +0000

Description:
Were told that a reliable source indicates that SSDs are set to get more costly maybe even a fair bit pricier.

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Earlier this year, SSD prices were falling , but of late, weve heard some
buzz about this situation being reversed and heres another piece of chatter about the cost of solid-state drives potentially heading upwards.

Toms Hardware brought our attention to a DigiTimes report which claims (add seasoning, as ever) that Phison, a manufacturer of memory controllers for
SSDs (and some drives too), is prepaying chip suppliers to ensure that it has enough NAND chips in stock for its needs going forward.

In other words, the firm foresees a shortage of NAND chips, so its buying upfront to combat potential supply difficulties (and paying more) down the line.

Were told that this is according to KS Pua, who is the CEO (and founder) of Phison, so a source in a good place to know, to put it mildly (adding considerable weight to the report, of course).

If NAND chips are going to get thinner on the ground, pricing will go up, and the cost of making SSDs will rise and of course that additional expense will be passed onto consumers. Analysis: Stock correction

This could mean that some reasonably chunky hikes are going to be seen for SSDs in the future. Indeed, most SSDs have already been maintaining their pricing, or even creeping up a little bit, in distinct contrast to the falls weve gotten used to throughout 2023.

Whats happened is that as this year began, there was far too much stock swimming around, so SSDs had to be offloaded using tempting pricing. However, with manufacturers cutting production the obvious reaction to that glut of stock were now seeing the effects of that.

All of which means that if you want to buy one of the best SSDs , you really ought to get in and do it sooner rather than later. And with Black Friday likely to bring at least some deals and discounts on solid-state drives , these are probably going to be the cheapest prices on SSDs that youll see for some time indeed, maybe a long time. You might also like The best M.2 SSDs: get the fastest drive gaming and more Top gaming PCs: great rigs for serious PC gaming Best PC games of 2023: must-play titles you don't want to miss



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