$29 per Terabyte makes this 24TB Seagate BarraCuda one of the best-value hard drives in today's market — $50 off at Newegg makes it $200 cheaper than the 20TB version
- ID
- 14149
- Status
- summarized
- Published
- 14 Aug 2026, 6:56 PM
- Fetched
- 14 Aug 2026, 7:22 PM
- Provider
- Tom's Hardware
- Category
- technology
- Original URL
- https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/hdds/usd29-per-terabyte-makes-this-24tb-seagate-barracuda-one-of-the-best-value-hard-drives-in-todays-market-usd50-off-at-newegg-makes-it-usd200-cheaper-than-the-20tb-version
- Source URL
- https://www.tomshardware.com/feeds/all
Summary
- Score
- 2.5
- Created
- 14 Aug 2026, 7:22 PM
- Tags
- Audience
- developersvibe_coders
What happened
A 24TB Seagate BarraCuda is listed at Newegg for $29/TB after a $50 discount, making it $200 cheaper than the 20TB version — an unusual pricing inversion where the higher-capacity drive costs less. The article is primarily a deal alert with no technical review or benchmark data.
Why it matters
This is a US-only Newegg deal, so Malaysian builders cannot directly purchase at this price. The only useful signal is the pricing inversion itself: if you are budgeting bulk storage for AI datasets or backups, check per-TB pricing rather than assuming larger drives cost more, and compare against local Malaysian retailers or regional Amazon since US deal prices rarely transfer.
Discussion angle
Whether bulk HDD storage is even worth discussing for this audience given that most AI/ML workloads now assume cloud or NVMe, and what local Malaysian sourcing options exist for large-capacity drives.