So why have hard drives stalled out for the last 3 years? An 850 evo is still the "premier" 2.5” drive and still goes on sale for the same lows it did years ago - the best deals are around $240/TB. The new nvme drives are a markup from there. 3TB has had low prices of $50-70 for over four years now but 4+TB never creeps lower. About $20 a TB is the best mechanical storage you can get since like 2014.

When are we going to see a $100 6TB drive? 8TB? It seems like density has just stopped on both fronts for practical purchases. 10 years ago a terabyte cost $200 - 2 years later it was $100, and 2 years after that $50. But now, the 8+TB drives just stay at that $200 price point. SSDs fell off a cliff in price from 2011 to 2015 and then just completely stopped.

Its not a good feeling when it seems Moore's Law has come to a screeching halt across and kinds of components. RAM is 3x more expensive today than 2 years ago. CPUs might see 5% improvement year over year. There hasnt been a substantial new GPU series in almost 3 years.

Go back and tell someone in 2006 that in 2016 the PC you build will he just as good as the one in 2018 while bring cheaper and they'd think its impossible progress could grind to such a halt do fast after 40 years of lockstep improvement.