While we’d all like an SSD in our gaming rig, we still need somewhere to store a lot of data that won’t necessarily benefit from being stored on an SSD.
If you have a massive library of games or media, you’ll probably be better off storing that data on a hard drive than wasting precious space on your SSD.
We’ve compared the pricing of a wide range of HDDs and have calculated the price per GB of each drive below.
Pricing Comparison
Pricing was taken from a single source for all drives in order to provide an accurate scale of product value.
All pricing data for this article was taken from Rebeltech.
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Hard Drives
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Price
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Price per GB
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| 1TB Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM | R885 | R0.89 |
| 1TB WD Caviar Blue 7200RPM | R893 | R0.89 |
| 1TB Seagate Barracuda SV35.5 7200RPM | R941 | R0.94 |
| 1TB WD Purple 5400-7200RPM | R980 | R0.98 |
| 1TB WD Red 5400-7200RPM | R1,107 | R1.11 |
| 1TB WD Caviar Black 7200RPM | R1,375 | R1.38 |
| 1TB Seagate Constellation 7200RPM | R1,854 | R1.85 |
| 2TB WD Caviar Blue 5400RPM | R1,280 | R0.64 |
| 2TB Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM | R1,303 | R0.65 |
| 2TB Seagate Barracuda SV35.5 7200RPM | R1,339 | R0.67 |
| 2TB WD Purple 5400-7200RPM | R1,399 | R0.70 |
| 2TB WD Red 5400-7200RPM | R1,615 | R0.81 |
| 2TB WD Caviar Black 7200RPM | R2,213 | R1.11 |
| 2TB Seagate Constellation 7200RPM | R2,704 | R1.35 |
| 4TB Seagate Barracuda 5900RPM | R2,331 | R0.58 |
| 4TB WD Caviar Blue 5400RPM | R2,453 | R0.61 |
| 4TB WD Purple 5400-7200RPM | R2,656 | R0.66 |
| 4TB WD Red 5400-7200RPM | R2,753 | R0.69 |
| 4TB WD Caviar Black 7200RPM | R3,829 | R0.96 |
| 4TB Seagate Constellation 7200RPM | R4,284 | R1.07 |
Quality versus Price
It must be noted that although some drives are more expensive than others of similar storage capacity, these options are generally more reliable or have additional features.
The cheapest HDDs trade speed and endurance for a much better price per GB.
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