Disclosure: Some links on this page are monetized by the Skimlinks, Amazon, Rakuten Advertising, and eBay, affiliate programs, and Liliputing may earn a commission if you make a purchase after clicking on those links. All prices are subject to change, and this article only reflects the prices available at time of publication.

When I asked recently how much storage space a modern PC should have, the top 3 answers were 1TB, 256GB, and 128GB. Most of the folks who voted didn’t seem to think you needed 2TB or more… at least not when it comes to built-in storage, and I’m incline to agree.

But when it comes to external storage? The more the merrier.

Get a big USB hard drive or network-attached storage device and you can use it to backup all the files, documents, media, and other data from your PC… or use it to store files you may not need all the time. I use my NAS to store most of my music and videos, for example, leaving plenty of space on my laptop’s 256GB SSD for programs, documents, and temporary storage.

Anyway, all of this is to say that right now Best Buy is offering a crazy good deal on a USB 3.0 hard drive: you can pick up an 8TB model for $160.

Keep in mind that this is a desktop model that requires a power source other than your laptop. You can certainly use it on the go, but you’ll need to plug it in.

If you’re looking for something more portable, there’s also a 2TB USB 3.0 portable drive on sale for $70.

Here are some of the day’s best deals.

External hard drives

PCs and tablets 

Truly wireless earbuds

Media Streamers

You can find more bargains in our daily deals section… including a list of Amazon Fire/Echo/Kindle devices on sale ahead of Valentine’s Day:

Deals of the Day (2-04-2018)

 

Support Liliputing

Liliputing's primary sources of revenue are advertising and affiliate links (if you click the "Shop" button at the top of the page and buy something on Amazon, for example, we'll get a small commission).

But there are several ways you can support the site directly even if you're using an ad blocker* and hate online shopping.

Contribute to our Patreon campaign

or...

Contribute via PayPal

* If you are using an ad blocker like uBlock Origin and seeing a pop-up message at the bottom of the screen, we have a guide that may help you disable it.

Subscribe to Liliputing via Email

Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email.

Join 9,545 other subscribers

7 replies on “Deals of the Day (2-05-2018)”

  1. Best Buy had the 8 TB WD external hard drive
    for $130 last Black Friday, and has offered it
    for $150 on a couple of days since.

  2. I have a ton of business files and photos and also a fair amount of music. 500GB leaves plenty of free space.

    1. I knew that didn’t look right, but I actually looked to see if it was very slow or something. 😉

  3. I currently use 3.5 TB of space on my main computer. Very large drives with relatively low prices have been very helpful to me as I keep three backups.

    1. Archiving Blu-ray disc-based home movie collections also consumes dozens of terabytes of storage. Last I checked, my home movie collection, due to UHD Blu-rays also being added, stands at currently well over 100 terabytes and steadily growing by the week.

Comments are closed.