News - SSDs to enjoy strong growth in 2014 thanks to falling NAND price

[HEXUS]

So says Peter Shu, chairman of Taiwanese memory module maker Transcend.

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[Meowdance]

I've noticed you can get double the capacity for the same price I paid for my SSD just over a year ago, time for an upgrade soon methinks!

[KrisWragg]

I wouldn't mind a 512GB or another 256GB, my current 256GB is getting a bit full now as games are getting bigger.

[DemonHighwayman]

Great news ! I've been planning a new build and currently have a 120GB samsung evo pro on my list of parts, hopefully in a couple months i can change that to a 256gb version for the same price.

[devBunny]

Don't let Prince Philip see that picture!

[Onkston]

Well I've just bought my first SSD. I've wanted one for ages but it wasn't essential so couldn't really justify spending on one, despite being extremely tempted many times.
I would like a larger one as I only got 120gb for os, so it would be nice to see the prices drop further.

[zzzaac]

It's great, I'm planning on getting another SSD because the prices are so good. Now the only problem is RAM, 2 years ago, I bought a G.Skill 8gb RAM for $44, now the same exact one is $99

[OilSheikh]

512GB now sells for £160!
Compare this with with a year ago, when I bought my 120GB for £70

[dark-knight]

Cannot believe the price drop on SSD`s. I bought my original 60 gig about 3 years ago and paid almost £400 for it, Ive just bought this for my OS http://www.amazon.co.uk/Samsung-Seri...ng+ssd+840+pro and this http://www.amazon.co.uk/Samsung-Basi...amsung+ssd+1tb for my games

[flufflogic]

I've seen some decent speed 256GB models around the £80 mark recently, so it seems that I may actually be able to get one of these to make boot even faster at some point. Which, as someone building on a budget, is pretty shocking...

[crossy]

If NAND prices are falling, is there any chance of seeing the larger capacity (750GB+) SSD's fall in price too or - heresy of heresy - seeing some consumer-grade large devices, like a 1.5TB or larger? I'd love the idea of moving my 1TB user data area to SSD, but there's no way that I'm rich enough to afford £400 for the privilege of an 840 EVO big enough to accommodate.

I wouldn't mind a 512GB or another 256GB, my current 256GB is getting a bit full now as games are getting bigger.

Got my entire "apps" area on one 500GB 840EVO, and I share your pain - I've got less than 100GB left. I'm definitely going to have to find a way to migrate lesser used games onto other disks, or start backing them off. When I bought that 500GB, (to replace an increasing full 250GB HDD partition), I thought "oo, that's plenty of space - it'll take months, or even, years to fill that up". What a naive idiot I was!