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Seagate
Is Seagate worth buying?
Seagate earned a buy verdict on 2 of the 3 Seagate products we compared (67%), well above the 50% average across every brand on the site. 1 of them won its comparison outright: Seagate IronWolf Pro NAS HDD. We would skip 1: Seagate BarraCuda 3.5-inch (4TB and 8TB).
Verdicts synthesize independent testing and long-term owner reports; we do not run a lab and never take review units. Each product below links to the comparison it was judged in. How we review.
Buy it 2 products
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The Best NAS Hard Drives: 4 Compared (and One to Skip) · Tech & Gadgets
Seagate IronWolf Pro NAS HDDWon the comparison
A thoroughly documented NAS drive, with a 550 TB per year workload rating, a 5-year warranty and support for large multi-bay arrays.
Best for: Anyone running four bays or more, or anyone who wants the longest warranty and the fewest unanswered questions on the spec sheet.
$$$ · premium
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The Best External Hard Drives: 4 Compared (and One to Skip) · Tech & Gadgets
Seagate Expansion DesktopRunner-up
The value champion for bulk storage, delivering the lowest cost per terabyte and desktop-class speeds.
Best for: Home and office users backing up or archiving large libraries where capacity per dollar matters most.
$$ · mid-range
Skip it 1 product
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The Best NAS Hard Drives: 4 Compared (and One to Skip) · Tech & Gadgets
Seagate BarraCuda 3.5-inch (4TB and 8TB)
A desktop drive that costs less per terabyte for a reason, and at these two capacities that reason is SMR.
Why we skip it: Seagate's own CMR/SMR list marks the 4TB and 8TB 3.5-inch BarraCuda as SMR, which is the worst possible recording format for a RAID rebuild.
$ · budget
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