RAM, Hard Drives, SSD Costs
All prices are from Newegg.com except *Amazon.com. Market rates for DRAM.
Date RAM Magnetic disk
(Mechanical)NAND SSD Largest disk Largest SSD 011/28/2022 about $2.65/GB about $0.021/GB about $0.05/GB 22 TB ($575)
($0.026/GB)15 TB ($2500)
($0.17/GB)07/06/2021 about $5.00/GB about $0.025/GB about $0.11/GB N/A N/A 04/06/2019 about $5.00/GB about $0.031/GB about $0.11/GB 16 TB ($500) 7.6 TB ($1800) 12/02/2019 about $6.25/GB about $0.025/GB about $0.10/GB 16 TB ($500) 7.6 TB ($1500) 04/15/2019 about $5.30/GB about $0.0375/GB about $0.15/GB 14 TB ($500) 7.6 TB ($1150) 11/30/2018 about $7.50/GB about $0.035/GB about $0.18/GB 14 TB ($600) 7.6 TB ($1700) 07/17/2018 about $11.00/GB about $0.03/GB about $0.24/GB 12 TB ($430) 4 TB ($1300) 04/17/2018 about $12.50/GB about $0.03/GB about $0.28/GB 12 TB ($450) 4 TB ($1500) 12/06/2017 about $11.85/GB about $0.04/GB about $0.26/GB 12 TB ($450) 4 TB ($1500) 04/12/2017 about $6.88/GB about $0.04/GB about $0.31/GB 10 TB ($370) 4 TB ($1490) 11/22/2016 about $4.69/GB about $0.04/GB about $0.30/GB 10 TB ($500) 4 TB ($1475) 07/07/2016 about $4.75/GB about $0.04/GB about $0.27/GB 10 TB ($580) 3.8 TB ($2650) 04/06/2016 about $4.00/GB about $0.04/GB about $0.30/GB 8 TB ($220) 2 TB ($500) 11/24/2015 about $5.00/GB about $0.035/GB about $0.32/GB 8 TB ($240) 2 TB ($700) 7/7/2015 about $5.00/GB about $0.029/GB about $0.30/GB 8 TB ($275*) 1.6 TB ($1500) 4/9/2015 about $7.50/GB about $0.035/GB about $0.38/GB 8 TB ($300) 1 TB ($380) 11/18/2014 about $10.00/GB about $0.040/GB about $0.41/GB 6 TB ($300) 960 GB ($390) 7/7/2014 about $10.25/GB about $0.040/GB about $0.44/GB 6 TB ($300) 1 TB ($440) 4/3/2014 about $10.00/GB about $0.045/GB about $0.50/GB 4 TB ($165) 1 TB ($500) 11/12/2013 about $10.00/GB about $0.050/GB about $0.73/GB 4 TB ($190) 1 TB ($600) 7/9/2013 about $8.50/GB about $0.050/GB about $0.78/GB 4 TB ($200) 1 TB ($2500*) 4/2/2013 about $6.25/GB about $0.055/GB about $0.55/GB 4 TB ($300) 1 TB ($2099) 11/20/2012 about $3.50/GB about $0.055/GB about $0.72/GB 4 TB ($300) 1 TB ($2249) 7/5/2012 about $5/GB about $0.060/GB about $0.72/GB 4 TB ($330) 1 TB ($2499) 7/13/2011 about $5/GB about $0.040/GB about $1.66/GB 3 TB ($160) 1 TB ($2864) 4/11/2011 about $15/GB about $0.045/GB about $2.00/GB N/A N/A 12/7/2010 about $15/GB about $0.060/GB about $1.40/GB N/A N/A 7/20/2010 about $15/GB about $0.060/GB N/A N/A N/A 4/20/2010 about $30/GB about $0.090/GB N/A N/A N/A 12/3/2009 about $22/GB about $0.100/GB N/A N/A N/A 11/25/2008 about $16/GB about $0.120/GB N/A N/A N/A 7/9/2008 about $21/GB about $0.160/GB N/A N/A N/A 4/3/2008 about $20/GB about $0.200/GB N/A N/A N/A 11/29/2007 about $70/GB about $0.200/GB N/A N/A N/A
For historical comparisonshistorical comparisons (not counting the cost of inflation):
- In 1956, IBM's first hard disk, RAMDAC, was 5 MB ($50,000) at a cost of $10,000,000 per GB
- In 1980, a typical 40 MB hard drive ($1,200) had a cost of $36,000 per GB.
- In 1990, I (Mead) bought my first "big" hard drive, 200 MBs. It cost me about $1000. That's $5,000 per GB, thank you very much.
- In early 2000, drives had a cost of about $20 per GB.
- Today, hard drives cost a few pennies per GB.
