The wobbly economy seems to have stalled the improvements in prices seen at the beginning of the year, and certain SSD and memory offerings are now slightly more expensive than in February. Spinning disks have declined a bit, but we will probably have to wait till the end of the year, when the new 5 TB disks come online, to see significant shifts.

On the bright side, 4 TB disks are now really taking off, with the Seagate Barracuda 4 TB now just marginally more expensive than the WD Green 3 TB in terms of bucks per GB. Also interesting, is the WD Red offering, which at only 10 Euros difference to the Green 3 TB counterpart now looks like a very good deal. The difference is the manufacturer warranty at 3 vs. 2/1 years, but also in number of platters, 3 for the former, while Green is still on 4 x 750 GB (as far as I know). Since my old HD is shown critical signs of ageing, I might just pick up one of those.

Finally, I've also updated the long term history chart at hblok.net/storage. Again, somewhat sideways movement for some of the items.

Media Type Product Capacity Price CHF Price Euros Euros / GB GBs / Euro
Harddisk Western Digital Caviar Green 3TB 3000 GB 137.00 111.38 0.04 26.93
Harddisk Seagate Barracuda 4TB 4000 GB 185.00 150.41 0.04 26.59
External 3.5 Western Digital My Book Essential Edition 3TB, USB3 3000 GB 144.00 117.07 0.04 25.63
External 3.5 Western Digital My Book Essential Edition 4TB, USB3 4000 GB 195.00 158.54 0.04 25.23
Harddisk Western Digital Red 3TB 3000 GB 149.00 121.14 0.04 24.77
Harddisk Western Digital Caviar Green 2TB 2000 GB 105.00 85.37 0.04 23.43
Harddisk Hitachi Deskstar 7K4000, 4TB 4000 GB 229.00 186.18 0.05 21.48
External 3.5 Western Digital My Book Essential Edition 2TB, USB3 2000 GB 115.00 93.50 0.05 21.39
Harddisk Western Digital Caviar Black 4TB 4000 GB 284.00 230.89 0.06 17.32
Harddisk Western Digital Caviar Green 1TB 1000 GB 72.00 58.54 0.06 17.08
External 2.5 Western Digital My Passport 2TB, USB3 2000 GB 149.00 121.14 0.06 16.51
Harddisk Western Digital RE 4TB 4000 GB 368.00 299.19 0.07 13.37
External 3.5 Western Digital My Book Essential Edition 1TB, USB3 1000 GB 105.00 85.37 0.09 11.71
Blu-ray Verbatim BD-R SL 25 @ 50GB 1250 GB 238.00 193.50 0.15 6.46
DVD+R DL Verbatim 8x DVD+R DL 25 @ 8,5GB 213 GB 42.00 34.15 0.16 6.22
DVD-R Verbatim 16x DVD-R 100 @ 4,7GB 470 GB 96.00 78.05 0.17 6.02
DVD+R DL Verbatim 8x DVD+R DL 10 @ 8,5GB 85 GB 36.00 29.27 0.34 2.90
CD-R Verbatim CD-R 100 @ 700MB 70 GB 35.00 28.46 0.41 2.46
SSD Samsung SSD 840 Basic, TLC, 500GB 500 GB 329.00 267.48 0.53 1.87
SSD Corsair Neutron 256GB 256 GB 212.00 172.36 0.67 1.49
SSD Sandisk Extreme 480GB 480 GB 400.00 325.20 0.68 1.48
USB Flash Sandisk Cruzer Flash Drive 32GB 32 GB 29.00 23.58 0.74 1.36
SSD Corsair Force GT 240GB 240 GB 224.00 182.11 0.76 1.32
SSD Corsair Neutron 128GB 128 GB 125.00 101.63 0.79 1.26
SSD OCZ Agility 3 120GB 120 GB 119.00 96.75 0.81 1.24
SSD OCZ Vertex 3 240GB 240 GB 239.00 194.31 0.81 1.24
SSD OCZ Vertex 4 128GB 128 GB 136.00 110.57 0.86 1.16
SSD Corsair Force GT 120GB 120 GB 131.00 106.50 0.89 1.13
USB Flash Sandisk Ultra Cruzer BACKUP 64GB 64 GB 70.00 56.91 0.89 1.12
USB Flash Sandisk Cruzer Flash Drive 16GB 16 GB 19.00 15.45 0.97 1.04
SDXC Sandisk Ultra SDXC, Class 10, 15/30MB/s, 64GB 64 GB 78.00 63.41 0.99 1.01
SDXC Sandisk Extreme SDXC, UHS-I, 45MB/s, 128GB 128 GB 168.00 136.59 1.07 0.94
SSD OCZ Agility 3 240GB 240 GB 322.00 261.79 1.09 0.92
SDHC Sandisk Ultra, Class 10, 15/30MB/s, 32GB 32 GB 43.00 34.96 1.09 0.92
USB Flash Sandisk Cruzer Blade 8GB 8 GB 13.00 10.57 1.32 0.76
SDXC Sandisk Extreme SDXC, UHS-I, 45MB/s, 64GB 64 GB 114.00 92.68 1.45 0.69
SDHC Sandisk Ultra, Class 10, 30MB/s, 16GB 16 GB 29.00 23.58 1.47 0.68
SDHC Sandisk Ultra, Class 10, 30MB/s, 8GB 8 GB 16.00 13.01 1.63 0.61
SDHC Sandisk Extreme, Class 10, 30MB/s, 16GB 16 GB 35.00 28.46 1.78 0.56
SDHC Sandisk Extreme, Class 10, 30MB/s, 8GB 8 GB 18.00 14.63 1.83 0.55
SDXC Sandisk Extreme Pro SDXC, UHS-I, 95/45MB/s, 64GB 64 GB 148.00 120.33 1.88 0.53
SDHC Sandisk Extreme Pro, Class 10, 90/95MB/s, 32GB 32 GB 78.00 63.41 1.98 0.50
Compact Flash SanDisk Ultra 200x, 16GB 16 GB 50.00 40.65 2.54 0.39
Compact Flash SanDisk Extreme 400x, 60MB/s, 64GB 64 GB 200.00 162.60 2.54 0.39
Compact Flash SanDisk Extreme 400x, 60MB/s, 32GB 32 GB 102.00 82.93 2.59 0.39
SDHC Sandisk Extreme Pro, Class UHS-I, 90/95MB/s, 8GB 8 GB 27.00 21.95 2.74 0.36
SDHC Sandisk Extreme Pro, Class UHS-I, 90/95MB/s, 16GB 16 GB 55.00 44.72 2.79 0.36
SDHC Sandisk Extreme, Class 6, 20MB/s, 4GB 4 GB 17.00 13.82 3.46 0.29
Compact Flash Sandisk Extreme Pro 600x, 90MB/s, 64GB 64 GB 329.00 267.48 4.18 0.24
Compact Flash Sandisk Extreme Pro 100MB/s, 128GB 128 GB 659.00 535.77 4.19 0.24
Compact Flash Sandisk Extreme Pro 600x, 90MB/s, 32GB 32 GB 174.00 141.46 4.42 0.23
Compact Flash SanDisk Extreme 400x, 60MB/s, 16GB 16 GB 89.00 72.36 4.52 0.22
Compact Flash SanDisk Extreme 400x, 60MB/s, 8GB 8 GB 47.00 38.21 4.78 0.21
Compact Flash Sandisk Extreme Pro 600x, 90MB/s, 16GB 16 GB 103.00 83.74 5.23 0.19

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