Deal | 8 TB Seagate Barracuda HDD drops below US$100 on Amazon

With a history of over 30 years, the Seagate Barracuda storage solution is now available in both HDD and SSD forms. Released back in 2018, the 8 TB ST8000DM004 model is now available at an all-time low price of US$99.99 on Amazon, 44% off the US$178.99 list price. According to Amazon price tracker Camelcamelcamel, the highest price of this hard drive was US$224.99, with an average value based on the last 50 adjustments of US$140.69.

This mechanical hard drive with a 3.5-inch form factor targets desktop and console users and takes full advantage of the SATA 6 Gbps interface, providing speeds of up to 190 MB/s. It has a rotational speed of 5400 rpm and features 256 MB cache memory. It ships in "frustration-free packaging," which means no cables or retail box are present, so the buyer gets the drive inside an anti-static bag, nothing else.

The Seagate Barracuda family is extremely popular on Amazon, having no less than 103,802 validated user reviews and over 1,000 questions. However, these ratings are shared between all existing mechanical hard drives and SSDs that carry the Barracuda label. Seagate Barracuda's Amazon global rating is 4.7/5, with 83% perfect scores and 10% 4/5 ratings. The breakdown by feature highlights six attributes, namely value for money (4.7), storage capacity and durability (4.6), ease of installation (4.5), noise level (4.3), and gaming performance (4.0).

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