Hard disk prices are mostly made by speculation?

Affected by the floods in Thailand, over the past few weeks, the prices of some hot-selling hard drives have nearly doubled and some have even more than doubled. This is a “difficult situation” for the already lukewarm DIY market. Different from the dramatic increase in hard drives, CPU prices continue to decline, and the diversification of the DIY market has caused consumers to lose their head.

1TB sells for an average price of over 700 yuan. Mr. Wang of Guicheng recently prepared a DIY office computer, but he went to Hongyun Computer City to find out that the Western Digital 1T B hard drive, which he was about to purchase, had risen by more than 200 yuan, which directly dispelled him. Recent D IY ideas. This reporter learned that, like Mr. Wang, consumers who delay D IY due to hard disk price increase are not a minority in Foshan.

The reporter collected information from Hongyun Computer City and found that the prices of 500GB and 1TB hard disks have nearly doubled from the end of October to the present, and the average price of 1TB has reached over 700 yuan. The price range is comparable to that of Guangzhou Computer City, Foshan as Guangzhou. Downstream dealer distribution center, so the price is reasonable.

However, an enterprise that did not wish to be named stated that there was a big speculation about the price increase of the hard drive. According to his knowledge, although Thailand is the second largest hard disk production base in the world, only the manufacturers affected by the flood are basically western. Data family. Hongyun Computer City D IY merchant Zhang Yuxin also mentioned that the DIY market has been sluggish sales, hard disk inventory at major manufacturers should be quite a lot, this time sharp price increases should have a certain relationship with the upstream distributor hype.

Dual-core CPU quoted at 350 yuan Although the hard disk prices do not fall, but the CPU and memory prices have been showing a sustained decline, Kingston 4GBDDR3 memory fell 20 yuan a week, Apacer 4GBDDR3 single memory prices fell 20 yuan to 115 yuan, Samsung 2GBDDR3 memory It also fell from 100 yuan to 89 yuan. Dual-core CPU prices are generally around 350 yuan, the price is very affordable. Zhang Yuxin mentioned that the prices of CPU and memory reflect the real market situation of D IY. Due to the hot sales of notebooks, the computer D IY market has been cold for quite a long time.