As predicted in January, there have indeed been a number of exciting releases and announcements so far this year: Samsung finally launched their 15TB SSD; Intel brought 16nm TLC SSD to market; SanDisk (now owned by Western Digital) continue to launch faster larger SD cards; and a new large and heavy 8 TB USB 3.1 C external drive from Seagate was just made available.

On the list below, there are also a few changes, including some new 8 TB disks from Western Digital. Prices are coming down a bit, but also due to currency fluctuations. Several 8 TB spinning disks are now very competitively priced.

SSD drives are also coming down in price, and starting last year, more drives are now becoming cheaper per byte than optical media. That is of course mainly due to the fact that there has been no development in the latter technology, however, it's a milestone worth noting since the next is in fact price parity with certain spinning disks. Where the gap has been 10x for the last decade (and still is for the cheapest HDD), it is now closing in more rapidly. Between the cheapest SSD byte and most expensive HDD byte the factor is now 3x-4x.

Media Type Product Capacity Price CHF Price Euros Euros / GB GBs / Euro
HDD-SMR Seagate ARCHIVE HDD 8TB 8000 GB 259.00 237.61 0.03 33.67
External 3.5 Western Digital Elements Desktop 4TB, USB3 4000 GB 132.00 121.10 0.03 33.03
HDD Seagate Desktop 4TB 4000 GB 133.00 122.02 0.03 32.78
SMR External 3.5 Seagate Backup Plus Desktop 8TB 8000 GB 269.00 246.79 0.03 32.42
External 3.5 Western Digital My Book 4TB, USB3 4000 GB 135.00 123.85 0.03 32.30
External 3.5 Western Digital My Book 8TB, USB3 8000 GB 274.00 251.38 0.03 31.82
External 3.5 Western Digital My Book 6TB, USB3 6000 GB 209.00 191.74 0.03 31.29
HDD Western Digital Green 3TB 3000 GB 106.00 97.25 0.03 30.85
HDD Western Digital Green 4TB 4000 GB 148.00 135.78 0.03 29.46
External 3.5 Western Digital My Book 3TB, USB3 3000 GB 115.00 105.50 0.04 28.43
External 3.5 Western Digital Elements Desktop 3TB, USB3 3000 GB 116.00 106.42 0.04 28.19
HDD Western Digital Red 3TB 3000 GB 120.00 110.09 0.04 27.25
HDD Western Digital Red 4TB 4000 GB 165.00 151.38 0.04 26.42
HDD-He Western Digital Red 8TB 8000 GB 339.00 311.01 0.04 25.72
HDD Western Digital Green 2TB 2000 GB 84.80 77.80 0.04 25.71
HDD Western Digital Green 6TB 6000 GB 255.00 233.94 0.04 25.65
HDD Western Digital Red 5TB 5000 GB 214.00 196.33 0.04 25.47
HDD Western Digital Red 6TB 6000 GB 259.00 237.61 0.04 25.25
External 2.5 Western Digital Elements Portable 2TB, USB3 2000 GB 91.00 83.49 0.04 23.96
External 2.5 Western Digital My Passport Ultra 3TB, USB3 3000 GB 142.00 130.28 0.04 23.03
HDD Western Digital Red 2TB 2000 GB 99.00 90.83 0.05 22.02
External 2.5 Western Digital My Passport Ultra 2TB, USB3 2000 GB 99.00 90.83 0.05 22.02
External 2.5 Western Digital Elements Portable 1TB, USB3 1000 GB 64.00 58.72 0.06 17.03
HDD-He Hitachi Ultrastar He6 6TB 6000 GB 436.00 400.00 0.07 15.00
External 2.5 Western Digital My Passport Ultra 1TB, USB3 1000 GB 73.00 66.97 0.07 14.93
Blu-ray Verbatim BD-R SL 10 @ 25GB 250 GB 19.00 17.43 0.07 14.34
HDD-He Hitachi Ultrastar He8 8TB 8000 GB 724.00 664.22 0.08 12.04
DVD-R Verbatim 16x DVD-R 100 @ 4,7GB 470 GB 46.00 42.20 0.09 11.14
Blu-ray Verbatim BD-R DL 10 @ 50GB 500 GB 51.90 47.61 0.10 10.50
DVD+R DL Verbatim 8x DVD+R DL 50 @ 8,5GB 425 GB 71.00 65.14 0.15 6.52
DVD+R DL Verbatim 8x DVD+R DL 25 @ 8,5GB 213 GB 39.00 35.78 0.17 5.94
SSD Crucial BX200 SSD, MLC, 480GB 480 GB 125.00 114.68 0.24 4.19
SSD Crucial BX200 SSD, MLC, 240GB 240 GB 69.10 63.39 0.26 3.79
SSD Crucial MX200 SSD, MLC, 1000GB 1000 GB 288.00 264.22 0.26 3.78
SSD Samsung SSD 850 EVO Basic, TLC, 1TB 1000 GB 299.00 274.31 0.27 3.65
SSD Crucial MX200 SSD, MLC, 500GB 500 GB 155.00 142.20 0.28 3.52
SSD Samsung SSD 850 EVO Basic, TLC, 500GB 500 GB 166.00 152.29 0.30 3.28
SSD Crucial BX100 SSD, MLC, 1000GB 1000 GB 339.00 311.01 0.31 3.22
SSD Crucial BX100 SSD, MLC, 500GB 500 GB 181.00 166.06 0.33 3.01
USB Flash SanDisk Ultra, USB 3.0, 256GB 256 GB 96.90 88.90 0.35 2.88
SSD Samsung SSD 850 EVO Basic, TLC, 250GB 250 GB 99.00 90.83 0.36 2.75
SSD Crucial MX200 SSD, MLC, 250GB 250 GB 99.30 91.10 0.36 2.74
USB Flash SanDisk Cruzer Edge Flash Drive 64GB 64 GB 25.80 23.67 0.37 2.70
SSD Samsung SSD 850 Pro, MLC, 1024GB 1024 GB 436.00 400.00 0.39 2.56
USB Flash SanDisk Ultra, USB 3.0, 64GB 64 GB 28.80 26.42 0.41 2.42
SSD Samsung SSD 850 Pro, MLC, 512GB 512 GB 241.00 221.10 0.43 2.32
CD-R Verbatim CD-R 100 @ 700MB 70 GB 34.50 31.65 0.45 2.21
microSDXC SanDisk Ultra Premium microSDXC 90MB/s, 200GB 200 GB 99.00 90.83 0.45 2.20
SSD Samsung SSD 850 Pro, MLC, 256GB 256 GB 134.00 122.94 0.48 2.08
USB Flash SanDisk Cruzer Edge Flash Drive 32GB 32 GB 17.10 15.69 0.49 2.04
SDXC SanDisk Extreme Pro SDXC UHS-I, Class 10/UHS 3, 95/90MB/s, 256GB 256 GB 144.00 132.11 0.52 1.94
USB Flash SanDisk Ultra, USB 3.0, 32B 32 GB 19.50 17.89 0.56 1.79
SDXC SanDisk Extreme Pro SDXC UHS-I, Class 10/UHS 3, 95/90MB/s, 128GB 128 GB 79.10 72.57 0.57 1.76
SSD Samsung SSD 850 EVO Basic, TLC, 120GB 120 GB 79.00 72.48 0.60 1.66
SSD-NVM-M.2 Samsung SSD 950 Pro, M.2 2280, MLC, 2500/1500MB/s, 512GB 512 GB 359.00 329.36 0.64 1.55
SDXC SanDisk Extreme Pro SDXC UHS-I, Class 10/UHS 3, 95/90MB/s, 512GB 512 GB 371.00 340.37 0.66 1.50
SSD Samsung SSD 850 Pro, MLC, 128GB 128 GB 97.40 89.36 0.70 1.43
SSD-NVM-M.2 Samsung SSD 950 Pro, M.2 2280, MLC, 2200/900MB/s, 256GB 256 GB 195.00 178.90 0.70 1.43
USB Flash SanDisk Cruzer Edge Flash Drive 16GB 16 GB 12.90 11.83 0.74 1.35
microSDXC SanDisk Extreme Pro microSDXC, Class 10, 90/95MB/s, 64GB 64 GB 52.00 47.71 0.75 1.34
SDXC SanDisk Extreme Pro SDXC UHS-I, Class 10/UHS 1, 95/90MB/s, 64GB 64 GB 55.00 50.46 0.79 1.27
SDHC SanDisk Extreme Pro SDHC UHS-I, Class 10/UHS 1, 95/90MB/s, 32GB 32 GB 33.00 30.28 0.95 1.06
Compact Flash SanDisk Extreme 120MB/s, UDMA 7, 64GB 64 GB 75.00 68.81 1.08 0.93
USB Flash SanDisk Cruzer Edge Flash Drive 8GB 8 GB 10.90 10.00 1.25 0.80
Compact Flash SanDisk Extreme Pro 160MB/s, UDMA 7, 128GB 128 GB 175.00 160.55 1.25 0.80
Compact Flash SanDisk Extreme Pro 160MB/s, UDMA 7, 256GB 256 GB 351.00 322.02 1.26 0.79
Compact Flash SanDisk Extreme Pro 160MB/s, UDMA 7, 64GB 64 GB 98.50 90.37 1.41 0.71
Compact Flash SanDisk Extreme 120MB/s, UDMA 7, 32GB 32 GB 52.30 47.98 1.50 0.67
SDHC SanDisk Extreme Pro SDHC UHS-I, Class 10/UHS 1, 95/90MB/s, 16GB 16 GB 27.00 24.77 1.55 0.65
SDXC SanDisk Extreme Pro SDXC UHS-II, UHS 3, 280/250MB/s, 64GB 64 GB 116.00 106.42 1.66 0.60
Compact Flash SanDisk Extreme Pro 160MB/s, UDMA 7, 32GB 32 GB 59.10 54.22 1.69 0.59
SDHC SanDisk Extreme Pro SDHC UHS-II, UHS 3, 280/250MB/s, 32GB 32 GB 75.10 68.90 2.15 0.46
Compact Flash SanDisk Extreme 120MB/s, UDMA 7, 16GB 16 GB 39.20 35.96 2.25 0.44
SDHC SanDisk Extreme Pro SDHC UHS-II, UHS 3, 280/250MB/s, 16GB 16 GB 49.70 45.60 2.85 0.35

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