Since the day I got my NAS (network-attached storage) two years ago, I’ve been following the large hard drive market like a hawk. Be it Black Friday, Prime Day, or just a regular sunny day, I’m always on the lookout for good deals on hard drives above 10TB. While it’s not specifically a Prime Day deal, the best discount I’ve found this week is on the Seagate Expansion 14TB, which is currently 25% off.
The Seagate Expansion 14TB is a great external drive, and provides plenty of storage space for a typical external drive use. However, if you have a NAS like me, you can also shuck it and use the drive inside. Shucking means removing the enclosure to use the internal hard disk inside, which you can use for your PC, NAS, or other supported devices. Just be sure to test the drive before you do, and know if you ever need to claim the warranty, you’ll have to reassemble the enclosure.
Whatever your intended use, this hard drive is $180 right now, which is 25% off its usual price. When you’re looking for deals on hard drives, you should calculate the price per terabyte to see if it’s a good value. Anything under $15 per TB is typically a deal, and the Seagate Expansion 14TB is around $13 per TB.
Personally, all my Seagate drives are from the EXOS enterprise series, and the hard drive inside the Seagate Expansion 14TB is likely to be from the same lineup. It’s a bit noisy, but known to be quite reliable, so I’d recommend this particular Seagate model.
WD Elements 20TB External HDD
If you want even more storage in an external drive, the WD Elements 20TB is available at a compelling $275 (with a coupon code), about 45% off its usual price. That means you get this drive for around $13.75 per TB of storage. This makes it a good deal for another external drive that can be shucked.
