BarraCuda
Seagate BarraCuda 4TB 3.5" 5400 RPM SATA
4TB · 5,400 RPM · 256 MB · SATA
MC $140 · CC $160 · NE $160 · B&H $160
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Desktop, NAS, surveillance and enterprise hard drives from Seagate, WD and Toshiba, ranked by price per terabyte, with shelf stock at every Micro Center store.
BarraCuda
4TB · 5,400 RPM · 256 MB · SATA
MC $140 · CC $160 · NE $160 · B&H $160
BarraCuda
8TB · 5,400 RPM · 256 MB · SATA
AMZ $263 · B&H $270 · NE $279 · MC $280
IronWolf
3 versions 12TB · 7,200 RPM · 256 MB · SATA
MC $400 · CC $450 · NE $450 · WM $450
My Book
16TB · USB
CC $550 · AMZ $660 · WM $660 · B&H $761
Expansion
2 versions 20TB · USB
SEA $560 · MC $630 · AMZ $630 · WM $630
Elements
24TB · USB
MC $560 · AMZ $1,268 · B&H $1,268 · NE $1,320
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CMR drives write tracks side by side and keep their speed under sustained writes, which matters in NAS and RAID arrays. SMR drives overlap tracks to fit more data for less money but slow down when rewriting; avoid them in RAID and ZFS.
NAS drives (IronWolf, WD Red) handle 24/7 use, vibration in multi-bay enclosures and RAID error recovery. Surveillance drives (SkyHawk, WD Purple) are tuned for constant video writes. Desktop drives are the cheapest per TB for a single PC.
7200 RPM drives are faster, especially in random access, but louder and warmer. 5400–5900 RPM drives are quieter and fine for backups, media and NAS storage over a network.
It puts drives of every size on one scale. Larger drives are often cheaper per terabyte, but the best value changes with sales, so the list updates as prices move.