Those sneaky @##$%, anyways that may be part of it but the flooding seems to be the big factor.
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Massive Thailand Floods Likely To Cause Widespread Hard Drive Shortage
By Joseph F. Kovar, CRN
October 18, 2011 9:40 AM ET
The massive flood that hit Thailand last week is wreaking havoc on the hard drive industry and causing system builders to scramble for supplies.
The monsoon-related flood waters, which Reuters said have covered about one-third of Thailand's surface, are severely impacting the country's manufacturing business, including the vital hard drive business, where it accounts for about a quarter of the world's production.
The Thailand floods once again highlight the dangers of concentrating manufacturing of critical components in relatively small areas.
A massive earthquake and subsequent tsunami in Japan earlier this year had a major impact on the world's electronics manufacturing and caused a rise in the cost of many components used in the IT industry.
A massive 1999 earthquake in Taiwan caused DRAM prices to spike by six to eight times due to damage caused by production facilities and to the power they require.
Analyst firm IHS iSuppli said that the worst floods Thailand has seen in over 50 years is resulting what may be a shortage of hard disk drive supplies this quarter and the first quarter of 2012.
This is the motherboard I just swapped into my main system yesterday. It's simple fantastic. My 2500K overclocked to 4.43GHz out of the box on this board. Do not get the Gigabyte GA-P67A-UD7-B3. One card will be against the bottom of the case and not get enough air.
This is the motherboard I just swapped into my main system yesterday. It's simple fantastic. My 2500K overclocked to 4.43GHz out of the box on this board. Do not get the Gigabyte GA-P67A-UD7-B3. One card will be against the bottom of the case and not get enough air.
It should be pretty good. I haven't tried any over clocking. I've just been trying to get my SSD stable. I had to re-install windows and it seems okay now but the SSD performance has gone way down.
It should be pretty good. I haven't tried any over clocking. I've just been trying to get my SSD stable. I had to re-install windows and it seems okay now but the SSD performance has gone way down.
What SSD? What problems are you having? Post in the SSD thread maybe.
Thanks for the posts everyone. The PC is the shiz and people from around the world are marveling and flocking to see it. Couldn't have been done without your help.
anyways that may be part of it but the flooding seems to be the big factor.
