Mhm, waiting for ai bubble to burst so I can upgrade my current rig to something future proof
this post was submitted on 16 Feb 2026
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Ram and HDD prices: 📈
Me: 😭
Yeah but I cannot find any HDDs
I am SO pissed off about this AI hardware grab causing global shortages, im about to revert to using fucking tape drives for storage and core rope memory as RAM.
Its by design, I swear. They don't have anywhere to run any of this gear, its all piling up somewhere.
Either that or it doesn't exist and what we're seeing is price gouging based on hypothetical demand based off of "letters of intent" that aren't actually worth the paper they're written on.
I think its the latter.
It’s definitely the latter. These are writing contracts to buy hardware that has yet to be produced for data centres that haven’t been built. All so they can satisfy a demand that doesn’t yet exist for a product no one is going to be willing to pay for.
It will crash. This whole grift is too expensive to keep going. The naysayers keep forgetting that hardware gets old, it wears out and fails, and gets superseded by newer models. The chip makers are riding high now because the idiotic belief of the market is that this will keep growing as the data centres keep being built and the AI companies will keep buying new hardware.
It just can’t. This candle is burning fast at both ends.
Yep, Western Digital said they were sold out of drives for all of 2026. Since 2026 is just starting, they haven't actually produced those drives or gotten actual money for them.
Hopefully the bubble pops soon, though I hate that Americans' 401Ks and IRAs will take the brunt of the "losses" when it does.
The whole thing is speculation because its based off the back of letters of intent, no real contracts for anything. Its all still, currently, smoke and mirrors until something is inked and someone gets paid (or atleast, finance agreed)
So right now, we're watching bullshit speculators sink the market. And/or restricted supply being used to milk us like cows.
If people refuse to pay the prices and use their products then eventually they will run out of money and credit to do so.
It's the components that make up these things that's being bought to make data center hardware. They never make it to the consumer product factory.
Uhhuh so they're tooling up to make devices for a company that wont exist soon for datacenters that have no power.
All that shit is going in the landfill and they will be desperately repackaging HBM into consumer products. Bet.
I scored some new WD 14tb drives for $120 US last October, and I am glad I did! Was a hell of a deal.
When I first got my Synologies set up (~2024), I got 4x 12TB refurb DC drives for $75 each from goharddrive on eBay. Today, those same drives are $220 each. Absolutely ridiculous.
So now instead of expanding my space, I just cut back on my usage to make more room, bc it'll be a long time before I can afford an upgrade.
Wow thats awesome I'm so happy for you.
Not sure how to add alt text on mobile but thats a rat clenching his fist
I didn't realize HDDs are taking a hit now... I'm moving overseas and opted to move my sever with me instead of rebuilding since ram alone is close to 1k now. I didn't price HDDs at the time cause they are only 4 years old... Sure hope they hold on for another few years....
Was going to buy a bunch off serverpartdeals in January/february. Got one for Christmas as a gift at least, but the en the price started going to the moon and I’ve decided the raid array can wait
You only need a tb or two
Tell that to my arr stack
you get me…
Yes good for you but that's not mandatory
Maybe. Depends on the use case.
Lol
Wouldn’t this topic be more appropriate in other communities? Preaching to the choir here.
You can cross post it?
Thanks doc