Is it still worth buying an HDD in 2026?

There’s a computer store here on my street that still sells them. And the price is actually pretty good: 40 reais for 512 GB. The problem is that since they’re used, you don’t know how long they’ll last. You never know when that famous “click” will show up — the deadly one.

I was thinking about buying one to use as a backup and to store some random stuff that I don’t open very often and that I have here on my PC. I’ve got some old games, movies, and some old MP3s I never got rid of.

Would you guys buy an HDD right now?