PC users may have to wait until 2030 for these reasons!

Component shortages are pushing up the prices of many PC components such as RAM, processors and graphics cards. HDD and SSD are somewhat less affected, but the selling price of both still increases significantly, regardless of whether users choose large capacity drives over 20 TB or popular products.

Among them, traditional HDDs still have a place even though they have gradually ceded market share to SSDs. This type of drive is not as suitable as SSD when playing games due to its slower read and write speed, but still meets the needs of storing a large number of photos, videos and documents. HDDs also have the advantage of durability thanks to technology that has been developed and perfected over decades.

Meanwhile, SSDs use flash memory, which is also facing a supply shortage. Therefore, NVMe and SATA standard SSD lines are under more obvious price increase pressure.

According to industry analysts, 2027 could mark the first cooling of the market. However, the forecast decrease is not too large and buyers may find it difficult to notice a significant difference. The low price level like before the COVID 19 pandemic is likely to be difficult to return.

For those planning to build their own PC or upgrade their storage drive, waiting until late 2027 may be an option worth considering. Forecasts suggest that it will not be until 2029 or 2030 that HDD and SSD prices are likely to decrease more clearly.

Thus, although the market may begin to recover from 2027, users will need a few more years to expect the price of hard drives and SSDs to become more accessible.