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With Black Friday coming up soon. Where should I look for the best deals on HDD. Perhaps there is a site that compares size and price points. I’m looking to get 3 new drives.

Thanks in advance.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

You’re never going to get the best deals on Black Friday. Usually it’s a few weeks before or it depends on the time of year per manufacturer. But Black Friday is a ‘holiday’ to make as much money as possible

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I’ve been buying some stuff during the early bestbuy Black Friday deals, including the 14tb WD external for $200.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I just bought these after a few weeks of research. I have to download and dedupe my Google drive before uploading back into my NAS ( and deduping there too)

20TB 7200 RPM 256MB Cache https://www.ebay.com/itm/384674693043?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=Ok6NaWEKSPa&sssrc=4429486&ssuid=uM5KnkqCS4q&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Been downvoted for linking this before - even though I found it through this sub - but shucks.top tracks pricing on larger sized HDD across some major retailers. Easy pulse check on the market.