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Stack up on Seagate hard drives with $30 off the 8TB Barracuda HDD — Its lowest price at Best Buy since April

Save $30 on an 8TB Seagate Barracuda HDD at Best Buy. The lowest price since April.

Stack up on Seagate hard drives with $30 off the 8TB Barracuda HDD — Its lowest price at Best Buy since April

Best Buy has slashed the price of an 8TB Seagate Barracuda HDD by $30, bringing the cost down to $249.99 - the lowest price it has been since April. This deal represents a cost of $31.24 per terabyte, a reasonable rate given the current state of the storage market. The 8TB Seagate Barracuda is a 5,400 RPM, 6GB/s SATA drive with 256MB of cache, positioning it as a cost-effective option for everyday computing and backup storage rather than a high-speed drive.

Despite being an SMR (shingled magnetic recording) drive, it still offers a 2-year limited warranty and plug-and-play compatibility, making it a solid choice for home servers or media centers.

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