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Re:Global chip shortage threatens production of laptops, sma... by SECProto on Thursday December 17, 2020 @01:15PM (#25458403)
> SSD prices are amazing

They've been pretty much flat for the past 18 months. I've been wanting a 2TB SSD since 2018 and I've been watching the price sit stagnant at ~$250 canadian since june 2019 (dropped from ~$600 in the year before that).

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Re:Global chip shortage threatens production of laptops, sma... by omgwtfbyobbq on Thursday December 17, 2020 @01:34PM (#25458636)
Have you thought about used enterprise SSDs? White intermittent, I've picked up lower end 1.92TB drives for +/-$100.
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Re:Global chip shortage threatens production of laptops, sma... by SECProto on Thursday December 17, 2020 @01:45PM (#25458774)
It's just a want, not a need, so I haven't looked any further (just keep the occasional eye on the amazon price). May become a need (or at least, a financially-justifiable want) a few months after the google photos storage limit starts
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Re:Global chip shortage threatens production of laptops, sma... by knicholes on Thursday December 17, 2020 @01:58PM (#25458929)
Where do you find used enterprise hardware?
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Re:Global chip shortage threatens production of laptops, sma... by omgwtfbyobbq on Thursday December 17, 2020 @02:22PM (#25459243)
I intermittently check the Great-Deals subforum on the ServeTheHome forums. Most stuff is on eh4y, but sometimes it'll be on other sites.
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Re:Global chip shortage threatens production of laptops, sma... by nine_k on Thursday December 17, 2020 @02:20PM (#25459213)
EBay? I also see used enterprise hardware sold off Amazon.
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Re:Global chip shortage threatens production of laptops, sma... by rasz on Thursday December 17, 2020 @11:18PM (#25463813)
Like Intel ones? hint: they are defective and all die. Its like buying used tires for your daily driver.
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Re:Global chip shortage threatens production of laptops, sma... by omgwtfbyobbq on Friday December 18, 2020 @02:06PM (#25470648)
There are some, but also SanDisk, Dell (rebranded Toshiba), etc...

I've had pretty good luck with everything so far, knock on wood. The 1.92TB drives I mentioned are SanDisk CloudSpeed Eco II, and they have been pretty good. What's really impressed me are the Dell/Toshiba write-optimized 1.6TB drives I picked up. Pricey, but excellent performance.

I have a few I think 240GB Intel drives I picked up as well. They initially had some of the problems you're referring to, which for me was not showing up after a warm reboot, but they haven't done that for a while, so I'm thinking it may have been fixed by an OS update.

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