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[QUOTE="Queen, post: 85258, member: 27"]
SSD prices are lining up for pain as NAND costs spike hard, and regular PC buyers get stuck holding the bag.

NAND price shock hits suppliers
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[*]Supply chain chatter points to major NAND price jumps.
[*]Samsung reportedly doubled NAND contract pricing in Q1.
[*]Big customers were alerted ahead of time.
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AI demand breaks the supply balance
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[*]AI workloads pushed memory demand into overdrive.
[*]DRAM shortages already wrecked RAM pricing.
[*]NAND followed the same ugly path.
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Retail SSD prices are already climbing
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[*]SSD listings climbed steadily across common capacities.
[*]Average prices rose roughly 18 percent since October 2025.
[*]Current deals may look cheap in hindsight.
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Manufacturers chase profit over volume
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[*]Samsung and SK hynix shifted lines toward higher returns.
[*]No meaningful NAND supply expansion appears planned.
[*]Contract pricing rises lock in margins.
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Consumer PC outlook looks bleak
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[*]SSD hikes stack onto GPUs and RAM inflation.
[*]Hardware upgrades feel less realistic each quarter.
[*]Gamers face a long wait before relief.
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