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Old October 21, 2011, 10:29 AM
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Default Retailers Respond to Upcoming HDD Shortage by Limiting Purchases & Hiking Prices
With Thailand experiencing its worst flooding in generations, component manufacturers have been especially hard hit. The trickle down effect is having a huge impact upon hard drive manufacturers in particular.

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Old October 21, 2011, 10:37 AM
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So my WD 640 black should go for top dollar then!
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Old October 21, 2011, 10:43 AM
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I really lucked out when I bought my WD 750 Black last week then along with my parents Green 1TB
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Old October 21, 2011, 10:44 AM
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This isn't good news for me. I was just about to do a huge upgrade w/ 8 new drives.
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Old October 21, 2011, 10:48 AM
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I was hoping to see a little bit of a drop on 2TB drives before I grabbed the last one I needed. Guess that's not happening anymore.
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Old October 21, 2011, 10:49 AM
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I saw a post about this last night on the NCIX forums from Esther. I was thinking about taking down my RAID0 and just getting another 2TB drive but NOPE not for a while anyways.
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Old October 21, 2011, 10:53 AM
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Definitely going to hold off for a a couple of months before getting the new hard drive I have been planning.
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Old October 21, 2011, 10:57 AM
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Argh! I have a server to build ... I was about to grab five 2Tb drives ...
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Actually, if I were you guys I would hunt down the best deals right now (and I mean RIGHT NOW) and grab some drives before things get worse.
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MemEx has a sign on the door (and I think something on the web) limiting to 2HD's per purchase, since about the beginning this week Haven't looked for price incr. yet, but glad I grabbed mine a couple weeks back.
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