VIDEO: Seagate Starts Shipping 8TB Hard Drives that Cost Only $260

Here's Something you Can Get for Yourself these Holidays : a 3.5-Inch 8TB Drive from Seagate that Costs only $260 -- we Didn't Forget an Extra Number in that Figure, Promise. That's a Lot Cheaper than HGST's Helium-Filled 8TB Disk Drive, which is Listed for $1,000 on Newegg and just a Bit More on Amazon. And, it's Significantly More Affordable than OCZ's 1TB SSD Released only 5 Years Ago (Remember When 1TB Drives Excited you ?) for $2,200. This Product is Part of the Brand's New Archive HDD Line Launched a Few Months Ago, which Uses Shingled Magnetic Recording (SMR) Technology that, Can Fit More Data on a Platter than the Typical Drive. The Line also includes 6TB and 5TB Options, if 8TB is already Excessive.


It is Slower than Many Recent SSDs (it has a Read Speed of 150MB/s, Whereas the SSDs in this List of Best Models for 2014 Have an Average Speed of 550MB/s) so, it's Probably Best to Pair it Up with One. Still, at 3 Cents a Gig, that's Not such a Bad Deal. According to ExtremeTech, Seagate has just Started Shipping Out Units to Retailers so, if you Want One as a Stocking Stuffer, your Best Bet is to Look Around. Amazon Only has a 20-Pack Bundle for Sale Right Now and it Won't be Sent your Way until January 2015.




Info Sources:

http://www.seagate.com/as/en/products/enterprise-servers-storage/nearline-storage/archive-hdd

http://www.extremetech.com/computing/195543-seagates-first-shingled-hard-drives-now-shipping-8tb-for-just-260

http://www.seagate.com/files/www-content/product-content/hdd-fam/seagate-archive-hdd/en-us/docs/archive-hdd-dS1834-3-1411us.pdf

http://techcrunch.com/2014/12/10/new-shingled-hard-drives-hold-terabytes-for-pennies-a-gig/?ncid=rss

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3UFUfv9n420