HDDs at Record High Prices in Asia
HDD prices in China and Japan have even increased by more than 60%. The reason for the problems is the Chia cryptocurrency, which has sparked interest in this type of components.
- HDD prices went up in East Asia;
- This is due to the growing popularity of the Chia cryptocurrency;
- Some people have started buying components in bulk, leading to local shortages and price hikes.
Unfortunately, more PC components are starting to skyrocket in price. This time, it's about HDDs, whose prices have even increased by more than 60%, thus reaching historical records. For the time being, this problem concerns in particular the Chinese market. However, the growing popularity of the Chia cryptocurrency.
According to the Chinese website Time Finance (via Tom's Hardware), the price increase has been caused by people who have started buying up hard drives en masse. They are increasing their hardware stocks in the hope of reselling them later. They are waiting for prices to rise enough and for Chia miners to become desperate enough to buy a drive from any source.
At the same time, these people were buying directly from the agents of component manufacturing companies. Retailers and resellers were byed. This led to a situation where regular electronics stores did not receive shipments of HDDs from their manufacturers, such as Seagate and Western Digital.
The shortages quickly led to the first price increases. They're especially hard felt among 16TB and 18TB HDDs. One of the models, Seagate Exos X18 18TB, has increased in price by up to 66%. The situation related to smaller models does not seem dramatic for now.
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