Amazon has this SanDisk Ultra II 480GB for US$135.99 + shipping (US$5.53 to WA) for another 5 hours (until 3pm WST).
From Original SanDisk sale post
Shame about the Aussie dollar, but works out to around $190 delivered, so still a bit to be saved there.
Just take note, it's shipping time is listed as "Usually ships within 2 to 4 weeks."
CamelCamelCamel.
2TB 2.5" SSD drives have just been released so I think we'll continue seeing them drop.
Give it 4-5 more years and they'll be cheaper than mechanical drives.
everyone is moving onto 3d nand, these are sort of getting cleared out
Now that's what I call cheap. Paid $245 in December last year.
I'm still waiting for the day when I wake up and say: "Finally I understand why a crashed Australian Dollar is so good for me."
Until then…
its not hard when you consider you buying HDD's makes up 0% of our overall economic health, and our largest industries making commodities and food for export get paid in foreign pegged currencies, basically giving them a huge dollar boost for the exact same product when the currency is down. and these guys make up like 30% of the economy or whatever.
Well, maybe it's time to get your bearing right on the "30% whatever"… ?
"Australia is a services-based economy, with the sector accounting for around 82 per cent of real gross value added (GVA)."
https://www.austrade.gov.au/digital-benchmark/images/charts/…
GRRRR! So Cheap!
Do…Not…Need 480GB… MUST Resist!
Don't forget to use 28 Degrees
SSD in title maybe?
SSD prices seem to be crashing. wonder if its a marketing thing, or a scale thing now that adoption is becoming much more universal.
i look forward to the day when they are at or near parity with mechanical drives.