Curated Picks
External Hard Drives
Compare Amazon (New) vs eBay (Refurb/Used) using evergreen brand/model searches that stay current as listings refresh.
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These searches focus on the most common capacity buckets and rugged categories. Use Amazon for new drives and eBay for higher-capacity deals (especially desktop externals).
2TB portable external drives (everyday backup)
Common baseline capacity for personal backups.
- Cheap per TB
- Easy to carry
- Good for basic backups
4TB portable external drives (better value)
Often the best balance of size + cost per TB.
- Better value per TB
- Still portable
- Great for photo/video libraries
8TB+ desktop external drives (big storage)
Best cost per TB, but needs wall power.
- Best $/TB
- Great for archives
- Not travel-friendly
Rugged external drives (drop resistant)
For field work and travel abuse.
- More durable
- Better for travel
- Often water/dust rated
External drives for console/game libraries
Evergreen search bucket for easy game storage expansion.
- Simple expansion
- Big library support
- Check console compatibility
Accessories: cables, cases, adapters, drive docks
Keep spares—most ‘drive issues’ are cable issues.
- Cables fail first
- Cases help travel
- Dock useful for many drives