$22.50/TB
Capacity8TB
RecordingCMR
Total$179.99
RetailerBestBuy
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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 below 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 |
| Seagate Exos 24TB | 24TB | SMR | $23.33/TB | $559.99 | BestBuy |
| Seagate Exos 20TB | 20TB | CMR | $23.95/TB | $479.05 | BestBuy |
| Western Digital Purple 22TB | 22TB | CMR | $24.55/TB | $539.99 | BestBuy |
| Western Digital Gold 22TB | 22TB | CMR | $24.59/TB | $540.97 | BestBuy |
| Toshiba N300 18TB | 18TB | CMR | $25.09/TB | $451.55 | BestBuy |
| Western Digital Red Pro 22TB | 22TB | CMR | $25.68/TB | $564.86 | BestBuy |
| Western Digital Red Pro 20TB | 20TB | CMR | $25.91/TB | $518.11 | BestBuy |
| Toshiba N300 16TB | 16TB | CMR | $26.26/TB | $420.21 | BestBuy |
| Western Digital Ultrastar 20TB | 20TB | CMR | $26.49/TB | $529.85 | BestBuy |
| Western Digital Gold 26TB | 26TB | CMR | $26.88/TB | $699.00 | 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 WDBWLG0200HBK-NESN 20TB | 20TB | SMR | $29.36/TB | $587.18 | B&H Photo Video |
| Western Digital Gold 16TB | 16TB | CMR | $30.00/TB | $959.98 | B&H Photo Video |
| Western Digital Red Pro 16TB | 16TB | CMR | $30.94/TB | $1,979.96 | B&H Photo Video |
| Seagate IronWolf 12TB | 12TB | CMR | $33.25/TB | $399.00 | BestBuy |
| Western Digital Purple 26TB | 26TB | CMR | $33.63/TB | $874.49 | BestBuy |
| Synology HAT3310 16TB | 16TB | CMR | $34.78/TB | $556.49 | BestBuy |
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.
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