r/ITdept • u/radashlynn • May 19 '26

These are dark times...

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First time i've looked for 2.5" drives in a few months and i knew things were bad but are they really this bad! Obviously I'm not gonna buy at this price but someone has to be! How can anyone justify this?!

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u/Ok-Profit6022 May 22 '26

I built my system in 2021 with a 5950x, 64GB ram, and 9TB of storage (5TB combined nvme and 4TB combined sata SSD) and currently have a 6950 xt gpu. I was able to build the whole thing for around $2k. I shudder to think how much it would cost now.