The price of solid-state drives is really cheap! Who would have thought that the 1TB capacity solid-state drive, which was once priced at over 1000 yuan, now only costs over 300 yuan. Even big brands like Samsung and Armor have begun to lower their prices. Taking Samsung's flagship solid-state 990 PRO as an example, the 1TB version is now priced at less than 900 yuan, and the 2TB version is priced at no more than 1600 yuan. Why has the price of solid-state drives dropped so sharply? Will traditional mechanical hard drives, which have lost their price advantage, gradually be replaced by better performing solid-state drives? This article tells you the answer!

The reasons for the continuous decline in solid-state drive prices are reflected in multiple aspects, including reduced production costs, increased competitive pressure, technological iteration and upgrading, and strong market demand.

With the continuous progress of Flash NAND flash technology and the continuous expansion of production scale, the production cost of solid-state drives has gradually decreased, allowing manufacturers to exchange low prices for sales and market share. With the intensification of market competition, various manufacturers have launched solid-state drive products with higher cost-effectiveness in order to seize market share. Despite significant performance improvements, prices have decreased instead of increasing, Solid state drives have become the preferred choice for more people. Prices are constantly falling! 

Can solid-state drives completely replace mechanical drives? From a cost perspective, although the price of solid-state drives is currently quite low, compared to mechanical hard drives of the same capacity, the price is still slightly higher. From the perspective of storage capacity, 20TB mechanical hard drives are common, while solid-state drives are difficult to achieve due to different technological routes. Even if they reach the same specifications of capacity, the price advantage will no longer exist.

Of course, compared to traditional mechanical hard drives, solid-state drives often have faster read and write performance. Taking the common SATA 3 standard as an example, the average read and write speed can reach over 500 MB/s. Currently, the latest PCIe 4.0 standard solid-state drives can even reach a read and write speed of 8GB/s. In addition, solid-state drives have lower power consumption and no noise.


Both mechanical hard drives and solid-state hard drives have their own advantages and disadvantages, and can be selected according to different usage needs. However, with the continuous progress of solid-state drive technology, prices continue to decline, performance continues to improve, and the trend of gradually replacing mechanical hard drives will become increasingly apparent. It is expected that in the next few years, solid-state drives will gradually become mainstream storage devices, do you think?