If you have been following Neowin for the last several months or so, you may have noticed that solid-state drive (SSD) prices have dropped quite a lot though analysts say NAND as well as DRAM prices could be going up again.
Except for the latest PCIe Gen5 NVMe drives (which are totally unusable without heatsinks), most of the previous-gen NVMe SSDs, as well as external portable drives, have dropped in price, though, again, that could be changing soon as retailers and distributors adjust inventories and demand.
However, it hasn"t been all that great for shoppers looking to buy CMR-based internal hard disk drives (HDDs) due to a lack of great deals frequently, they have been few and far between. Newegg is offering the Seagate 18TB enterprise-grade Exos X18 drive for a very good price (buying link below), thanks to a discount promo code. There is also a somewhat okay deal on a 16TB Ironwolf Pro model but the Exos one is by far the better one.
As mentioned above, the drives are based on CMR or Conventional Magnetic Recording technology and hence, it is ideally suited for use in NAS (network-attached storage) or Plex and other media servers, that are meant for heavy-duty usage, running for long periods.
Get the Seagate 18TB and 16TB CMR HDD below:
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Seagate 18TB Exos X18 7200 RPM SATA 6Gb/s 256MB Cache 3.5-Inch Enterprise Hard Drive HDD (ST18000NM000J): $329.99 + $70 off w/ promo code AS23DNA658, limited offer => $259.99 (Newegg US) ***[Better deal]***
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Seagate IronWolf Pro ST16000NT001 16TB 7200 RPM 256MB Cache 3.5" Internal Hard Drive: $269.99 + $5 off w/ promo code SSDNA537, limited offer => $264.99 (Newegg US) **[Get this if the 18TB Exos goes out of stock]**
If this doesn"t interest you, you can also browse through Amazon US, Amazon UK, or Newegg US, to see if you find some great deals that we missed. You can also go visit the Deals section of our articles to see if there"s something you fancy.
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