[ale] Cheap spinning rust was: to lvm or not lvm

[Chuck Payne]

That first expensive should be inpensive. Sorry

On Fri, Jan 2, 2026 at 7:31 AM Chuck Payne <terrorpup at gmail.com> wrote:

> Guys,
>
> If you can find PC parts expensive. Get em'. The AI bubble is jacking up
> everything. Corsair is leaving the consumer market. 2TB NMVe I could get
> for around $100, are now between $150 to $200. I heard soon, graphic cards
> will go up. Oh, did I say home power will go up.  All because of the AI
> Bubble.
>
> By the way, small board computers are already affected by Memory Prices.
> An 8 Gig Raspberry Pi 5 would cost this time last year, $75 dollars, now
> cost $95.
>
> The AI bubble needs to pop soon.
>
> By the way, I refuse to call it AI, because it will fail the Turner Test,
> what we really have is TI, Trained Intelligence.
>
> Anyway, enjoy inexpensive parts while you can. 2026 gonna suck for PC
> Builds and Home Labs.
>
> On Fri, Jan 2, 2026 at 5:23 AM Ron via Ale <ale at ale.org> wrote:
>
>> Ron via Ale wrote on 2026-01-01 20:28:
>>
>> > Today, priced at $699.99 - holy crap!
>>
>> Silly me, maybe.
>>
>> That's the *sale* price at $250 off - regular $950!
>>
>> And that's at both local stores:
>>
>>  > https://www.memoryexpress.com/Products/MX00122322
>>
>>
>> > https://www.canadacomputers.com/en/desktop-laptop-internal-ssds/226019/
>> > wd-black-sn850x-2tb-pcie-gen4-nvme-m-2-ssd-wds200t2x0e.html
>>
>> So, yeah, WD is not just willing but eager to gouge their customers.
>>
>>
>> The Seagate 530R 2TB is up from $195 to ... out of stock. Was $270 last
>> I saw.
>>
>>
>> Interestingly, the Seagate wins on every metric shown on this site
>> (where it isn't a tie) except one category: number of on-board
>> controllers (WD has 9, Seagate has 8), which gave WD a win as this in
>> theory makes the WD faster.
>>
>> Yet the actual read / write speeds have Seagate winning every category,
>> and twice the TBW durability specs.
>>
>>
>> Interesting.
>>
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