A 10-year-old destroys dozens of his father’s SSDs. The damage is significant, especially at a time when hardware is becoming increasingly expensive and scarce.
User Dũng Hoàng reports in the public Facebook group “Building a PC is Easy” about an unfortunate father: He posted a picture in a group explaining that the father’s 10-year-old son wanted to test the “stability of the SSDs.” The incident was reported by the English magazine TomsHardware.com.
For this “test,” he grabbed a box of 50 SSDs and bent each one in the middle. The posted image shows the many bent SSDs. The user added the following explanation to the image:
The most unfortunate father in the world.
Just as RAM, graphics cards, SSDs, CPUs… all prices are rising – even faster than gold – the son decides to “test durability” and breaks a whole box of his father’s SSDs. NVMe SSD 512 GB – about 2 million VND each × 50 pieces. Honestly, it seems too mild to me to scold him for this.
According to the post, the price is said to be 2 million Vietnamese Dong per SSD, which is about 64 Euros, based on the exchange rate from December 16, 2025. Therefore, damage is estimated to be around 3,200 Euros.
What kind of SSD is this? The Samsung PM991a is a special SSD model, which is not normally available on the market and is primarily installed in business customer systems. This is at least what the platform Idealo explains in a data sheet for the SSD.
Hardware like SSDs and RAM is now hard to replace
Why is the destruction such a problem? As the post itself states, the prices for computer components have been rising sharply for several weeks. In particular, parts like RAM, SSDs, and graphics cards are affected. Some prices have tripled compared to September 2025.
Such parts are currently hardly replaceable due to the shortage or are at least difficult to obtain and are associated with a high premium. Many companies prefer to sell their products to AI firms willing to pay a high premium. This is evidenced by the end of Micron’s budget brand, Crucial.
A manufacturer has developed a tiny SSD aimed at gamers. The focus is particularly on gaming handhelds. Whether this standard can prevail is another question. The price is currently unknown: A new SSD is smaller than a Euro coin and was developed for players with gaming handhelds
