Black Friday and Cyber Monday may be over, but if you know where to look, you can still save a dime on some expansive hard drives. There are deals you can still get on massive offerings from the likes of Seagate and Western Digital. While SSDs have surpassed HDDs for performance, buying a hard drive remains the most economical means of grabbing large chunks of storage for less.
Mechanical hard drives may seem like ancient technology, but they still provide 'good enough' performance in many applications, and easily offer the most storage capacity for the price. We've collected the Best Hard Drive deals here in this constantly updated article. With the Cyber Monday and Black Friday sales now arrived, we're putting together the best discounts for you to take advantage of — we're checking deals around the clock to find the best options and keep this page up to date. Be warned, though; we have seen a ton of deals expire over the last few hours, so you'll need to act fast to score a hard drive before Cyber Monday runs out of stock.
Be alert when looking at HDDs, as not every drive is born equal and worthy of your money or a place of honor in your PC. Differences in recording technologies, like whether the drive uses conventional magnetic recording (CMR) or shingled magnetic recording (SMR), come with or without DRAM, and the spindle speeds they offer can all have a tremendous impact on the performance and pricing of your drive. We're compiling the best HDD deals for Black Friday in this constantly-updated article, based on our in-depth knowledge gained from thorough reviews, extensive benchmarks, and comprehensive historical price analysis.
We list internal drives for PCs, the best HDDs for NAS systems, and external hard drives, with the latter possibly including shuckable drives, meaning you can pry the HDD out of the external casing and use it in your desktop PC. Proceed at your own risk with Shucking, though: Shucking the drive voids the warranty, but you do get a capable drive for far cheaper than you normally would (be sure to do your homework first to determine if the drive can be shucked; not all models can).
Best Cyber Monday HDD Deals
Save 11% ($30) Seagate Seagate Expansion 26tb Usb 3.0 Desktop Hard Drive Black: was $279.99 now $249.99 at Newegg Read more Read less ▼ If you just want raw storage at the best value possible, this new deal is actually better than the sold-out 24TB BarraCuda we were recommending previously. Of course, this is an external, rather than an internal drive, but it is excellent value and, in the right hands, could be an internal solution, too.
Save 33% ($3.01) Tom's Hardware Premium Subcription: was $9 now $5.99 at subscribe.arcade.tomshardware.com Read more Read less ▼ Don’t miss out on this Tom’s Hardware Premium Black Friday offer with 50% off the yearly subscription, or pay only $5.99 (33% off) for a month of access. Get deeper news analysis, deep dives into specialist topics in the semiconductor industry, as well as access to Bench, the largest benchmarking database around.
Save 25% ($111) Western Digital 18TB WD Red Pro NAS: was $440.99 now $329.99 at Newegg Read more Read less ▼ Western Digital’s 18TB Red Pro NAS HDD ( $289.99 ) using CMR tech is designed for high-intensity workloads like NAS systems, but is suitable for desktop PCs as well. The 3.5-inch, CMR-based drive spins at 7,200 RPM, has 256MB of cache, and transfers data at speeds up to 272 MB/s. WD stands behind these drives with a 5-year limited warranty.
Save $10 Seagate 20TB IronWolf Pro ST20000NT001: was $429.99 now $419.99 at BHPhoto Read more Read less ▼ This 3.5" high-performance drive with desirable CMR tech is good for desktop PCs or NAS. It spins at a speedy 7,200 RPM, has 512MB of cache, hits a blistering 285 MB/s, and has an excellent five-year warranty.
Best Cyber Monday External HDD Deals
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