{
  "id": 3246524,
  "title": "Stack up on Seagate hard drives with $30 off the 8TB Barracuda HDD — Its lowest price at Best Buy since April",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/25/stack-up-on-seagate-hard-drives-with-30-off-the-8tb-barracuda-hdd-its",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-08-25T11:16:58.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Tom's Hardware",
    "slug": "tom-s-hardware",
    "url": "https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/hdds/stack-up-on-seagate-hard-drives-with-usd30-off-the-8tb-barracuda-hdd-its-lowest-price-at-best-buy-since-april"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "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.",
  "summary": "Save $30 on an 8TB Seagate Barracuda HDD at Best Buy. The lowest price since April.",
  "key_points": [
    "Best Buy reduces 8TB Seagate Barracuda HDD price by $30 to $249.99",
    "$31.24 per terabyte cost represents lowest price since April",
    "8TB SMR drive offers 2-year warranty and plug-and-play compatibility"
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}