{"id":685,"date":"2019-04-25T19:57:18","date_gmt":"2019-04-25T19:57:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ioflood.com\/blog\/?p=685"},"modified":"2023-08-11T17:30:09","modified_gmt":"2023-08-12T00:30:09","slug":"server-pricing-report-april-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ioflood.com\/blog\/server-pricing-report-april-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Server Pricing Report &#8211; April 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/ioflood.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/background-card-chip-825262-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"old cpus and ram\" class=\"wp-image-688\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ioflood.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/background-card-chip-825262-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ioflood.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/background-card-chip-825262-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ioflood.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/background-card-chip-825262-200x133.jpg 200w, https:\/\/ioflood.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/background-card-chip-825262-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/ioflood.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/background-card-chip-825262-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption><br><\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Welcome to another monthly server price reporting!<\/strong> <\/h3>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>March was unusually busy, so this month we&#8217;re skipping from February to April.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>If you&#8217;ve been following along, we&#8217;ve been tracking changing parts prices for RAM, SSDs, Hard Drives, CPUs, and a couple of GPUs. Typically this is done monthly, and then shared with WHT and on our blog.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Currently, all listed prices are from ebay, for used hardware. I may start tracking new hardware as well if there is a demand for it.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Prices as of 25th April, 2019<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><em>+ or &#8211; indicates if the price has gone up or down since last month<\/em><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Price Low* \/ Price High** \/ Part Name<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><strong>SSDs<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>$55(-) \/ $92(-) \/ 480gb Intel DC S3500 ***<br>$119(+) \/ $140 \/ 800gb Intel DC S3500 ***<br>$240(+) \/ $270(+) \/ 1.6TB Intel DC S3500 ***<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Hard Drives<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>$40(-) \/ $45(-) \/ 3TB HGST SATA<br>$161 \/ $199 (+) \/ 8TB HGST SATA<br>$250(+) \/ $279 \/ 10TB HGST SATA<br>$299(-) \/ $&#8212; \/ 12TB HGST SATA<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><strong>DDR3 RAM<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>$15 \/ $17 \/ 8GB DDR3 (a)<br>$16 \/ $20(+) \/ 8GB DDR3 (b)<br>$35(+) \/ $40(+) \/ 16GB DDR3 (a)<br>$27(-) \/ $31(+) \/ 16GB DDR3 (b)<br>$95(-) \/ $105(-) \/ 32GB DDR3 (c)<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><strong>DDR4 RAM<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>$50(-) \/ $60(-) \/ 8GB DDR4 (d)<br>$85(+) \/ $115(-) \/ 8GB DDR4 (e)<br>$85(-) \/ $90(-) \/ 16GB DDR4 (d)<br>$110(-) \/ $125(-) \/ 16GB DDR4 (e)<br>$189(-) \/ $300(+) \/ 32GB DDR4 (d)<br>$182(-) \/ $215(-) \/ 32GB DDR4 (e)<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><strong>E5v2 CPUs<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>$105(-) \/ $109 \/ E5-2660v2<br>$198(+) \/ $229(+) \/ E5-2680v2<br>$299(-) \/ $325(+) \/ E5-2697v2<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><strong>E5v3 CPUs<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>$227(-) \/ $245 \/ E5-2650v3<br>$235 (-) \/ $240(-) \/ E5-2660v3<br>$269(-) \/ $280(-) \/ E5-2670v3<br>$284(-) \/ $290(-) \/ E5-2680v3<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>$302(-) \/ $349 \/ E5-2690v3<br>$480(-) \/ $575 \/ E5-2695v3<br>$697(-) \/ $699(-) \/ E5-2698v3<br>$1350 \/ $2600 \/ E5-2699v3<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><strong>E5v4 CPUs<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>$930(+) \/ $1050 \/ E5-2650v4<br>$1120(-) \/ $1395 \/ E5-2660v4<br>$1590(+) \/ $1590(-) \/ E5-2680v4<br>$1850(-) \/ $2143 \/ E5-2690v4<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Graphics Cards<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>$560(-) \/ $599 \/ Nvidia GTX 1080Ti<br>$360(-) \/ $379(-) \/ AMD Vega 64<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>______________________________________________________________<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><em>To compare to last month, here are the Feb 9, 2019 prices:<\/em><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Price Low* \/ Price High** \/ Part Name<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><strong>SSDs<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>$86 \/ $98 \/ 480gb Intel DC S3500 ***<br>$99 \/ $140 \/ 800gb Intel DC S3500 ***<br>$160 \/ $255 \/ 1.6TB Intel DC S3500 ***<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Hard Drives<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>$43 \/ $50 \/ 3TB HGST SATA<br>$161 \/ $180 \/ 8TB HGST SATA<br>$230 \/ $279 \/ 10TB HGST SATA<br>$419 \/ $420 \/ 12TB HGST SATA (this drive is cheaper new)<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><strong>DDR3 RAM<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>$15 \/ $15 \/ 8GB DDR3 (a)<br>$16 \/ $19 \/ 8GB DDR3 (b)<br>$29 \/ $31 \/ 16GB DDR3 (a)<br>$30 \/ $30 \/ 16GB DDR3 (b)<br>$99 \/ $115 \/ 32GB DDR3 (c)<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><strong>DDR4 RAM<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>$52 \/ $60 \/ 8GB DDR4 (d)<br>$69 \/ $72 \/ 8GB DDR4 (e)<br>$95 \/ $98 \/ 16GB DDR4 (d)<br>$132 \/ $138 \/ 16GB DDR4 (e)<br>$225 \/ $260 \/ 32GB DDR4 (d)<br>$255 \/ $275 \/ 32GB DDR4 (e)<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><strong>E5v2 CPUs<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>$108 \/ $109 \/ E5-2660v2<br>$177 \/ $178 \/ E5-2680v2<br>$301 \/ $315 \/ E5-2697v2<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><strong>E5v3 CPUs<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>$245 \/ n\/a \/ E5-2650v3<br>$240 \/ $250 \/ E5-2660v3<br>$288 \/ $300 \/ E5-2670v3<br>$298 \/ $299 \/ E5-2680v3<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>$400 \/ n\/a \/ E5-2690v3<br>$550 \/ n\/a \/ E5-2695v3<br>$700 \/ $799 \/ E5-2698v3<br>$1350 \/ $2600 \/ E5-2699v3<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><strong>E5v4 CPUs<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>$870 \/ $1050 \/ E5-2650v4<br>$1144 \/ n\/a \/ E5-2660v4<br>$1390 \/ $1390 \/ E5-2680v4<br>$1890 \/ $2143 \/ E5-2690v4<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Graphics Cards<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>$585 \/ $599 \/ Nvidia GTX 1080Ti<br>$365 \/ $399 \/ AMD Vega 64<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>\r\n\r\n______________________________________________________________\r\n\r\n<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><em>Definition of terms \/ fine print:<\/em><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><em>** Price Low &#8212; The lowest price to buy this part from a reputable seller in a moderate quantity, price as shipped to the US            <br> *** Price High &#8212; There is a reasonably large quantity of this part available from multiple reputable sellers for this price or lower, price as shippe<\/em> <br><em>**** Price for the lowest priced drive of this size, matching this model number or better in the same class. &#8220;Same class&#8221; would mean sata (S) or nvme (P), as applicable. &#8220;Better&#8221; means a higher model number than listed. Ranked from worst to best, Intel model numbers are 3500, 3510, 3600, 3610, 3700, 3710  <\/em> <em>d to the US <\/em>           <\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>(a) &#8212; 2Rx4 PC3L-10600R ECC REG    <br>(b) &#8212; 2Rx4 PC3L-12800R ECC REG    <br>(c) &#8212; 4Rx4 PC3L-12800L ECC REG LRDIMM <br>(d) DDR4 PC4-2133P ECC Registered    <br>(e) DDR4 PC4-2400T ECC Registered     <\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><strong><em>Some noteworthy changes from last month:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>It was interesting to see that the price of the 1.6Tb SSD&#8217;s has this month returned to the prices seen back in January.  <\/li><li>There have been continued decreases almost completely across the board with RAM prices, especially in the 32Gb DDR4.<\/li><li>Similarly there have been continued decreases in the Higher end E5-v3 (2660, 2670, and 2680 model) CPU prices as well.  <\/li><li>Perhaps the most noteworthy change has been the significant decrease in the costs and availability of the 12TB HGST drives, down to $299 this month.<\/li><\/ul>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>As before, let me know if you&#8217;ve got any feedback, how I can make this more useful, etc.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to another monthly server price reporting! March was unusually busy, so this month we&#8217;re skipping from February to April. If you&#8217;ve been following along, we&#8217;ve been tracking changing parts prices for RAM, SSDs, Hard Drives, CPUs, and a couple of GPUs. Typically this is done monthly, and then shared with WHT and on our [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":688,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-685","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","cat-1-id","has_thumb"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ioflood.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/685","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ioflood.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ioflood.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ioflood.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ioflood.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=685"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/ioflood.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/685\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3119,"href":"https:\/\/ioflood.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/685\/revisions\/3119"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ioflood.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/688"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ioflood.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=685"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ioflood.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=685"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ioflood.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=685"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}