Reid Rosefelt 1,686 Posted November 28, 2020 (edited) This year is the first time I've seen 2TB SSDs at the same price of buying two 1TB SSDs. Or even lower. Crucial MX500 2TB 189.99 Samsung 860 EVO 2TB $199.99WD Blue 2TB SSD $179.99 (Affiliate Links) Edited November 28, 2020 by Reid Rosefelt 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Marc Cormier 374 Posted November 28, 2020 Just bought the 1Gb Samsung but have been wondering if any of these 2 Gb drives would be cheaper for Cyber Monday. Probably not worth waiting and seeing no price change...! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
simon 1,948 Posted November 28, 2020 (edited) same principle with the 4 and 8TB versions Larry's deals means I am running out of disk space .... Edited November 28, 2020 by simon 1 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TheSteven 1,583 Posted November 28, 2020 (edited) I picked up the Samsung 2 TB drive earlier yesterday. 3 hours ago, simon said: same principle with the 4 and 8TB versions If you're talking price the 4 & 8TB versions - they're still more expensive than 2X the next step down. i.e. something like $99 for 1TB, $199 for 2TB, $534 (now, I think they was in the mid $400s yesterday) or so for 4TB. I don't think the demand for those models is enough yet (though I wish it was) to cause a significant price drop. 3 hours ago, Marc Cormier said: Just bought the 1Gb Samsung but have been wondering if any of these 2 Gb drives would be cheaper for Cyber Monday. Probably not worth waiting and seeing no price change...! Edit (misread) risk of waiting is that they might run out of stock. I was comparing Newegg against Amazon for various models and most on Newegg are now either out or backordered. Edited November 28, 2020 by TheSteven 2 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Reid Rosefelt 1,686 Posted November 28, 2020 (edited) I've got a lot of space for internal drives inside my computer. And PCie cards to add 4 or 8 SATA ports are pretty cheap, so I've always gone with 1TB drives. It was by far the most inexpensive way to go--and I would rather have a drive with 1TB fail than a big one. But.... considering how big libraries are these days... maybe 2TB is the new 1TB. 😃 Edited November 28, 2020 by Reid Rosefelt 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
simon 1,948 Posted November 28, 2020 14 minutes ago, TheSteven said: If you're talking price the 4 & 8TB versions - they're still more expensive than 2X the next step down. I'm in the UK so maybe things are slightly different. Looking at the Samsung 860/870 the 4/8TB are marginally cheaper per TB....but it's close 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
simon 1,948 Posted November 28, 2020 (edited) 7 minutes ago, Reid Rosefelt said: I've got a lot of space for internal drives inside my computer. And PCie cards to add 4 or 8 SATA ports are pretty cheap, so I've always gone with 1TB drives. It was by far the inexpensive way to go--and I would rather have a drive with 1TB fail than a big one. But.... considering how big libraries are these days... maybe 2TB is the new 1TB. 😃 Bottom line is that it all needs backing up so the failing part 'should' be irrelevant. I prefer not to use PCIe SATA boards if possible but most modern motherboards have 6 or 8 SATA ports so hopefully not needed anyway. Edited November 28, 2020 by simon Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Fleer 4,022 Posted November 28, 2020 And ... $600 for 2TB in your Mac Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Matthew Sorrels 1,449 Posted November 28, 2020 4 hours ago, Reid Rosefelt said: But.... considering how big libraries are these days... maybe 2TB is the new 1TB. 😃 4TB, anything less and you'll be replacing it too soon. 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
