{"id":102024,"date":"2016-08-30T17:58:49","date_gmt":"2016-08-30T15:58:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=102024"},"modified":"2016-08-30T17:59:39","modified_gmt":"2016-08-30T15:59:39","slug":"best-value-hard-drives-to-buy-in-south-africa-price-per-gb","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/hardware\/102024-best-value-hard-drives-to-buy-in-south-africa-price-per-gb","title":{"rendered":"Best value hard drives to buy in South Africa – price per GB"},"content":{"rendered":"

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.<\/p>\n

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\u00a0SSD.<\/p>\n

We’ve compared the pricing of a wide range of HDDs and have calculated the\u00a0price per GB of each drive below.<\/p>\n

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Pricing Comparison<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Pricing was taken from a single source for all drives in order to provide an accurate scale of product value.<\/p>\n

All pricing data for this article was taken from Rebeltech<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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Hard Drives<\/div>\n<\/th>\n
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Price<\/div>\n<\/th>\n
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Price per GB<\/div>\n<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
1TB Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM<\/strong><\/td>\nR885<\/td>\nR0.89<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1TB WD Caviar Blue 7200RPM<\/strong><\/td>\nR893<\/td>\nR0.89<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1TB Seagate Barracuda SV35.5 7200RPM<\/strong><\/td>\nR941<\/td>\nR0.94<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1TB WD Purple 5400-7200RPM<\/strong><\/td>\nR980<\/td>\nR0.98<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1TB WD Red 5400-7200RPM<\/strong><\/td>\nR1,107<\/td>\nR1.11<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1TB WD Caviar Black 7200RPM<\/strong><\/td>\nR1,375<\/td>\nR1.38<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1TB Seagate Constellation 7200RPM<\/strong><\/td>\nR1,854<\/td>\nR1.85<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2TB WD Caviar Blue 5400RPM<\/strong><\/td>\nR1,280<\/td>\nR0.64<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2TB Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM<\/strong><\/td>\nR1,303<\/td>\nR0.65<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2TB Seagate Barracuda SV35.5 7200RPM<\/strong><\/td>\nR1,339<\/td>\nR0.67<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2TB WD Purple 5400-7200RPM<\/strong><\/td>\nR1,399<\/td>\nR0.70<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2TB WD Red 5400-7200RPM<\/strong><\/td>\nR1,615<\/td>\nR0.81<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2TB WD Caviar Black 7200RPM<\/strong><\/td>\nR2,213<\/td>\nR1.11<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2TB Seagate Constellation 7200RPM<\/strong><\/td>\nR2,704<\/td>\nR1.35<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4TB Seagate Barracuda 5900RPM<\/strong><\/td>\nR2,331<\/td>\nR0.58<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4TB WD Caviar Blue 5400RPM<\/strong><\/td>\nR2,453<\/td>\nR0.61<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4TB WD Purple 5400-7200RPM<\/strong><\/td>\nR2,656<\/td>\nR0.66<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4TB WD Red 5400-7200RPM<\/strong><\/td>\nR2,753<\/td>\nR0.69<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4TB WD Caviar Black 7200RPM<\/strong><\/td>\nR3,829<\/td>\nR0.96<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4TB Seagate Constellation 7200RPM<\/strong><\/td>\nR4,284<\/td>\nR1.07<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Quality versus Price<\/strong><\/h3>\n

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.<\/p>\n

The cheapest HDDs trade speed and endurance\u00a0for a much better price per GB.<\/p>\n

To learn more about buying hard drives in South Africa, click here<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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