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The primary reason for me and many others to continue purchasing hard drives is cost. These units are notably cheaper than SSD counterparts, with some models coming in at $0.02 per GB of storage space — and that's for server (or NAS) grade hardware too. Then there's capacity. SSDs have grown in size over the years, but you'll still need to spend the big bucks and pick up enterprise-grade storage to store any more than 8 TB of data per drive. That's simply not the case with hard drives, which can be found in capacities ranging from just 1 TB to 24 TB for NAS. Picking up a 16 TB drive allows me
Why I bought a 16TB HDD instead of an 8TB SSDTimi Cantisano Apr 2, 2026, 6:22 PM EDT Timi has been writing about technology for over a decade, focusing on smartphones, computers, and anything that he finds interesting in the tech…
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…Today, removable storage is all about USB drives or external SSDs and HDDs (which also connect to a computer via USB), but most will remember DVDs, CDs, and even floppy disks. But…
…The limited wafer supply for consumer hardware also affected storage prices, as both SSDs and hard drives suffered price hikes. SSDs shot up to thrice their usual price , to the point where…
Timi Cantisano Mar 29, 2026, 8:33 AM EDT Timi has been writing about technology for over a decade, focusing on smartphones, computers, and anything that he finds interesting in the tech…
Megan Ellis Mar 29, 2026, 9:30 AM EDT Megan is a Software Writer at XDA Developers who has been writing about consumer technology since 2016. With a postgraduate degree in New…
Samir Makwana May 11, 2026, 8:00 PM EDT Samir Makwana is a technology journalist and editor from India since past 18 years and his work appears on MakeUseOf, HowToGeek, GSMArena, BGR…
…Passionate about gaming and PC technology, she has built countless computers, keyboards and other peripherals - knowing them inside and out. Sign in to your XDA account You pay for 2Gbps fiber internet…
Simon Batt Apr 30, 2026, 11:58 PM EDT Simon is a Computer Science BSc graduate who has been writing about technology since 2014, and using Windows machines since 3.1. After…
…Previously, he was Pocket-lint's Editor-in-Chief, the Editor-in-Chief of Canadian tech publication MobileSyrup , and earlier in his career, he worked as the technology editor at the Financial…