In a RAM-pocalypse world, even external HDDs aren't safe

While gaming SSDs have been getting steadily more extortionate as the months go on, I've been blathering on about the best external hard drives and internal HDDs as a cheaper alternative to grab more storage. Yet, it appears that even those won't be safe from inflated prices for long.Western Digital has revealed it's already allocated its HDD supply for 2026, during the company's latest earnings call. The storage brand has even been receiving orders for 2027 and 2028, even though we're only at t