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Seagate BarraCuda Q5 Spec and Price in the United States

NVME2TBM.2 22802400 MB/s read

Dropping to PCIe 3.0 and QLC NAND instead of the TLC and Gen4 bandwidth used elsewhere in Seagate's lineup, the BarraCuda Q5 lands at 2400/1800 MB/s sequential speeds — several times the ceiling SATA III allows but well short of Gen4 flagships. Its 531TB TBW rating and 3-year warranty are both lower than the BarraCuda 120's 1170TB and 5-year coverage, marking it as an entry-level NVMe upgrade rather than a drive built for sustained heavy writes. It fits users moving off SATA for the first time rather than workstation or gaming builds chasing top throughput.

Tied 76th of 106 models in the SSD catalog on Sequential read — 2 models share this figure.

Current best price
$179.99Price too old to confirm

Prices exclude sales tax.

The last tracked price for the 1TB Seagate BarraCuda Q5 in the United States was $179.99 at Amazon.com, captured 2026-10-12. Across 2 tracked merchants and 454 days of recorded prices, the 90-day median for the 1TB Seagate BarraCuda Q5 is $184.99 and the lowest recorded price is $46.88. This site began capturing prices on July 30, 2026; for Amazon listings, prices dated earlier come from Keepa's price history.

Captured periodically and may have changed.

Price history

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May 13, 202630 data pointstoday · $179.99

Each point is one day's recorded price, not a list price. Points dated before July 30, 2026, when this site began capturing prices, come from Keepa's Amazon price history. How we track prices

Specifications

Capacity
2TB
Interface
NVME
Sequential read
2400 MB/s
Sequential write
1800 MB/s
PCIe generation
3
Form factor
M.2 2280
NAND type
QLC
Endurance (TBW)
531 TB
Warranty
3 years

Capacities

ConfigurationPart numberEndurance (TBW)Sequential writeSequential readCurrent best pricePrice per TB
500GBZP500CV3A001119 TB900 MB/s2300 MB/s——
1TBZP1000CV3A001274 TB1700 MB/s2400 MB/s

$179.99

Price too old to confirm

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2TBZP2000CV3A001531 TB1800 MB/s2400 MB/s——

Guides for this category

How to choose an SSDFour questions decide almost every SSD purchase — what fits, how big, how fast, and how much it should cost.NVMe or SATAWhich interface your machine takes, how to tell without opening it, and what the speed difference actually buys you.How much SSD capacity you actually needHow to size a drive from what you already use, why leaving headroom matters, and when one bigger drive beats two small ones.M.2 sizes and SSD form factorsWhat 2280, 2242, and 2.5-inch mean, which one your machine takes, and how to check the keying before you buy.What SSD speed numbers actually tell youSequential versus random performance, why the number on the box describes the rarer case, and how to read it without being misled.PCIe generations for SSDsWhat Gen 3, Gen 4, and Gen 5 change, why a newer drive always works in an older slot, and when the extra speed is worth paying for.TLC, QLC, and DRAM-less SSDsWhat the NAND type and the controller's cache change about how a drive behaves, and when either is worth caring about.SSD endurance and warrantiesWhat TBW and DWPD actually promise, how much a normal machine writes, and when endurance is worth paying extra for.How to install an SSDFitting an M.2 or 2.5-inch drive, choosing between cloning and a clean install, and what to check on the first boot.When an SSD price is actually goodWhy price per terabyte beats any discount percentage, and why a good price on one capacity says nothing about the others.

Sources

Every spec above was pulled from one of these — a field a source didn't state was left off rather than estimated.