$22.50/TB
Capacity8TB
RecordingCMR
Total$179.99
RetailerBestBuy
A recording-tech price tracker for buyers who need to know whether SMR drives are actually cheaper than CMR drives before accepting the workload tradeoff.
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SMR median is above CMR
This table mixes current new-condition CMR and SMR HDD offers and sorts them by $/TB. Use the Recording column to see which technology each row uses. The median cards above compare up to 100 matching CMR offers and up to 100 matching SMR offers.
| Drive | Capacity | Recording | $/TB | Total | Retailer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seagate IronWolf 8TB | 8TB | CMR | $22.50/TB | $179.99 | BestBuy |
| Western Digital Gold 24TB | 24TB | CMR | $23.12/TB | $554.79 | BestBuy |
| Toshiba N300 18TB | 18TB | CMR | $25.09/TB | $451.55 | BestBuy |
| Toshiba N300 16TB | 16TB | CMR | $26.26/TB | $420.21 | BestBuy |
| Western Digital Ultrastar 22TB | 22TB | CMR | $28.41/TB | $624.92 | BestBuy |
| Seagate Exos 16TB | 16TB | CMR | $29.26/TB | $468.14 | BestBuy |
| Western Digital Gold 24TB | 24TB | CMR | $30.07/TB | $721.57 | BestBuy |
| Toshiba N300 24TB | 24TB | CMR | $31.67/TB | $1,519.98 | B&H Photo Video |
| Seagate IronWolf 6TB | 6TB | CMR | $33.33/TB | $199.99 | Seagate |
| Western Digital Ultrastar 14TB | 14TB | CMR | $35.00/TB | $489.99 | BestBuy |
| Seagate IronWolf Pro 24TB | 24TB | CMR | $35.83/TB | $859.99 | BestBuy |
| Seagate SkyHawk 16TB | 16TB | CMR | $36.25/TB | $579.99 | BestBuy |
| Seagate SkyHawk 16TB | 16TB | CMR | $36.25/TB | $579.99 | Newegg |
| Seagate SkyHawk 32TB | 32TB | CMR | $36.25/TB | $1,159.99 | BestBuy |
| Seagate SkyHawk 32TB | 32TB | CMR | $36.25/TB | $1,159.99 | Newegg |
| Western Digital Red Plus 4TB | 4TB | CMR | $36.40/TB | $145.59 | BestBuy |
| Seagate IronWolf Pro 18TB | 18TB | CMR | $36.67/TB | $659.97 | Newegg |
| Synology HAT3310 16TB | 16TB | CMR | $36.87/TB | $589.99 | Newegg |
| Seagate IronWolf 8TB | 8TB | CMR | $37.50/TB | $299.99 | BestBuy |
| Seagate IronWolf Pro 24TB | 24TB | CMR | $37.50/TB | $3,599.96 | B&H Photo Video |
New-condition HDD offers with known CMR or SMR recording technology are compared from the tracked retailer set using median $/TB. Unknown or disputed recording-tech rows are excluded from the comparison.
These pages update from the same market data used by ListofDisks charts and capacity pages. Product pages may include additional live retailer offers where those offers are available.
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