This enormous 24TB Seagate external hard drive is nearly $140 off
That sounds like a great saving, but context is important here. At the end of December 2025, Best Buy sold the same hard drive for just $279.99, reduced from $329.99. That makes today's $689.99 deal a stunning $410 more expensive than that previous sale price — or around 146% higher.The comparison shows just how dramatically storage prices have changed in a year.
- ▪That sounds like a great saving, but context is important here.
- ▪At the end of December 2025, Best Buy sold the same hard drive for just $279.99, reduced from $329.99.
- ▪That makes today's $689.99 deal a stunning $410 more expensive than that previous sale price — or around 146% higher.The comparison shows just how dramatically storage prices have changed in a year.
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Computing Computing Components Storage & Backup You can add a huge 24TB of external storage with this Seagate desktop hard drive deal — but component prices are starting to bite Deals By Wayne Williams Published 29 September 2026 Its huge capacity can replace several smaller external storage drives When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. (Image credit: Future) Jump To: Top deal Also consider Copy link Facebook X Whatsapp Reddit Pinterest Flipboard Threads Email Share this article 0 Join the conversation Follow us Add us as a preferred source on Google Newsletter Subscribe to our newsletter If you have years of photos, videos, backups and other large files, a 24TB external hard drive gives you an enormous amount of room to…
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