Quote Originally Posted by Fire$torm View Post
Since I can't sleep, and puttsin around as my sister is fond of saying, I was on Newegg and noticed that some of the Seagate HDD prices seemed lower then the current average.

So I took a closer look at the Seagate Barracuda ST500DM002 500GB 7200 RPM which is now listed at $84.99. And although it is still $50 over the summer lows it is $25 cheaper then several weeks ago.

Take a look see at the Camelizer price chart (Link)
Looks like the shortage could last well into the 2nd quarter of 2012. Having Seagate pick up market shares may force WD to drop prices. Got to love competition.