These are the best HDD deals for Cyber Monday and Black Friday, guaranteed to expand your PC's storage without emptying your wallet. We're constantly updating this list with the best deals across all sales at all retailers throughout the Black Friday season.
Artificial intelligence has taken yet another victim. After GPUs and memory, storage is now facing a shortage as well, at least in the enterprise space. Production capacity for nearline storage, fueled by high-capacity server HDDs, is booked for the next two years. Cloud providers are switching to QLC NAND to avoid the lead times.
Western Digital Blue and Red HDDs from 2020 that use SMR technology are experiencing enough failures to prompt an investigation from WD itself. These same drives, which included SMR without telling customers, resulted in a class action lawsuit against WD in 2021.
An unfortunate user on Reddit bought a 1TB Seagate Backup Plus Slim external hard drive, only to find out that they've been scammed. Inside the enclosure was an SD card for storage, with metal blocks attached to a fake weight.
Western Digital is a reliable name in the storage market, known for solid performance at decent prices. The WD Gold 14TB HDD, therefore, is no different, and it's on clearance right now for just $240. Get your hands on enterprise-grade mass storage thanks to this discount code.
If you've been holding out for your next big purchase to expand your NAS, your wish has been granted. The 22TB WD Red Pro is currently on sale at Amazon for just $400. Add reliable hard drive storage to your collection for a neat discount, while enjoying a 5-year warranty.
On this day in 1956, IBM announced the RAMAC 350 Disk Storage Unit, packing an awe-inspiring 3.75MB of data across 50 magnetic platters, each spanning 24-inches in diameter and spinning at 1,200 RPM.
The Seagate Exos M sets a new record for single drive capacity with new technology for extra power savings. However, the tech feels like more of the same in performance terms.