Subj : SSD price falls are coming, so you could hold out for a good deal
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From : TechnologyDaily
Date : Fri Jul 07 2023 14:15:04

SSD price falls are coming, so you could hold out for a good deal  or grab 
one on Prime Day

Date:
Fri, 07 Jul 2023 13:02:36 +0000

Description:
Just when you thought SSDs couldnt get any cheaper, well, theyre going to.

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Of late, you might have been wondering  could SSD prices get any cheaper ? 
The answer to that question is apparently yes, and theyll get a fair bit more 
affordable, despite some big price drops already having happened this year. 

The scoop from analyst firm TrendForce (as spotted by Toms Hardware ) is that 
Client SSD pricing, meaning drives sold to consumers, is expected to drop by 
at least 8%, and perhaps as much as 13%, in Q3. 

So, over the next couple of months, were likely to see SSD price tags drop by 
a healthy 10% or so, after as we noted at the outset, they already fell by 
approximately 15% to 20% in the last quarter (Q2). And before that, falls of 
between 15% to 30% were observed in the first couple of months of 2023. 

All of this adds up to a huge difference in prices between this year and 
last, particularly when these new price drops start to kick in over the 
coming weeks  well, hopefully. Analysis: Will SSD prices fall for the rest of 
the year? Probably not... 

Of course, theres no guarantee this prediction will come true, but in general 
analyst firms have a pretty good idea of whats going on with the market. 
TrendForce has been pretty accurate so far this year with its solid-state 
crystal ball, and the latest forecast is based on hard evidence (a continued 
situation of oversupply for the NAND flash modules used in SSDs). 

This leads to the question: if youre hankering after one of the best SSDs , 
should you pull the trigger on a purchase in the near future? Well, it seems 
like its a good bet to do so. 

As TrendForce observes, NAND makers are currently scaling back production 
(across the board) to try and address the glut of supply in the market, but 
those production-cutting efforts arent going to make an impact in Q3. 
Perhaps, though, they will in Q4, which might mean pricing isnt going to get 
any cheaper as we head further into the year. 

Indeed, the analyst firm notes that in Q4, were likely to see a rebound in 
top-end 3D NAND prices  so the cost of those modules will start rising  but 
elsewhere with NAND (and therefore SSDs), it may well simply level off, more 
or less. Time will tell, and perhaps well still see slight drops, even. 

Looking at the overall picture right now, the best bet seems to be to wait a 
month or so for those further SSD price drops which are likely inbound, and 
then buy  but the twist here is that Prime Day is almost upon us. And with 
SSD prices already cheap, and big discounts from Amazon potentially, the sale 
may be a great time to pick up a new drive. 

Its certainly worth would-be SSD buyers keeping an eye on discounted models 
during Amazons big sale, and well do that for you in our continually updated 
roundup of the best Prime Day deals .



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Link to news story:
https://www.techradar.com/computing/storage-backup/ssd-price-falls-are-coming-
so-you-could-hold-out-for-a-good-deal-or-grab-one-on-prime-day


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