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The Best Internal Hard Drives

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By Matt Adler
Updated: Mar 28, 2022 4:05 pm

Internal hard drives for desktop computers are required for saving your data, such as photos, videos, applications, and more. Most hard drives are universal and work with any SATA-enabled motherboard as well. While they aren't as fast as solid-state drives, they're often better for your wallet when it comes to total storage space at the cost of speed.

Standard internal hard drives operate at 5400 RPM, too, although you can find faster options that increase the speed to 7200 RPM. The faster rotation speed allows for quicker reading and writing, allowing you to save and load files more quickly. No matter what kind of internal hard drive you're looking for, there are options for everyone on this list.

Increase your storage with our recommendations for the best internal hard drives.

 Seagate Barracuda 2TB Hard Drive
Seagate Barracuda 2TB Hard Drive
This 2TB internal hard drive offers plenty of storage for games, photos, videos, and more, and provides fast 7200 RPM read and write speeds to access your data quickly.
 Western Digital WD Blue 2TB Hard Drive
Western Digital WD Blue 2TB Hard Drive
Known for reliability and compatibility, WD Blue hard drives provide a great everyday storage option for all of your files. It also includes easy data migration software, too!
Toshiba X300 4TB Hard Drive
Toshiba X300 4TB Hard Drive
With 4TB of total storage space, this internal hard drive is great for the entire family to store photos, videos, and apps. It's also extremely fast - operating at 7200 RPM.
Western Digital WD Black 8TB Hard Drive
Western Digital WD Black 8TB Hard Drive
This massive 8TB hard drive provides plenty of space for your entire PC gaming library. It also features twice as much DRAM cache space to ensure smooth loading times.
Seagate Skyhawk 6TB Hard Drive
Seagate Skyhawk 6TB Hard Drive
With support for up to 64 simultaneous live camera streams, this hard drive is optimized for high read and write operations. It can write up to 180TB/year - three times the normal desktop workload.
Seagate IronWolf 6TB NAS Hard Drive
Seagate IronWolf 6TB NAS Hard Drive
Thanks to the integrated IronWolf Health Management system, you can easily check the health of this hard drive from Seagate. It's the ideal solution for up to 8-bay multi-user NAS environments.
Originally posted: Mar 28, 2022 3:42 pm
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