Capacity market dashboard

Hard Drive Prices by Capacity

Use this market dashboard when you know the approximate capacity range but want to see whether stepping up or down changes the economics.

Capacity links point only to existing DatacenterDisk capacity pages. Capacities with live stock but no dedicated page are shown without creating duplicate URLs.

Live prices from current DatacenterDisk inventory

Direct answer

Hard drive prices by capacity reveal which TB sizes are currently efficient and which are carrying a premium. This page groups live HDD inventory into capacity bands with cheapest price, median price, best $/TB, and Good Price context.

Cheapest HDD
$14.99
1TB Used - $14.99/TB
Best Price/TB
$14.99/TB
HP ST31000640SS - $14.99
Cheapest New HDD
$54.00
1.2TB - $45.00/TB
Cheapest Used HDD
$14.99
1TB Used - $14.99/TB
Median $/TB
$42.00/TB
335 live HDD listings

Hard Drive Price Views

Move between the live market, deals, enterprise, NAS, used, capacity, and brand views.

Main hub

Capacity Price Dashboard

Cheapest, median, and best current $/TB by HDD capacity.

Full capacity view
CapacityCheapestMedian PriceBest $/TBBest Good PriceListings
1TB$14.99$92.69$14.99/TBUnavailable12
1.2TB$45.00$57.99$37.50/TBUnavailable11
1.8TB$79.25$112.13$44.03/TBUnavailable2
2TB$44.00$125.00$22.00/TBUnavailable21
3TB$45.39$99.50$15.13/TBUnavailable20
4TB$59.99$193.00$15.00/TBUnavailable36
6TB$119.99$249.00$20.00/TBUnavailable29
8TB$205.00$357.68$25.63/TBUnavailable42
10TB$229.99$394.45$23.00/TBUnavailable45
12TB$329.95$406.99$27.50/TBUnavailable36
14TB$319.99$439.99$22.86/TBUnavailable17
16TB$429.99$702.49$26.87/TBUnavailable14
18TB$449.99$599.99$25.00/TBUnavailable18
20TB$499.99$719.99$25.00/TBUnavailable15
22TB$590.62$884.00$26.85/TBUnavailable10
24TB$689.00$859.95$28.71/TBUnavailable5
26TB$1,124.48$1,124.48$43.25/TBUnavailable1
32TB$1,159.99$1,159.99$36.25/TBUnavailable1
1TB$14.99/TB
1.2TB$37.50/TB
1.8TB$44.03/TB
2TB$22.00/TB
3TB$15.13/TB
4TB$15.00/TB
6TB$20.00/TB
8TB$25.63/TB
10TB$23.00/TB
12TB$27.50/TB
14TB$22.86/TB
16TB$26.87/TB

Live HDD Listings Behind the Capacity Dashboard

The listing table remains available below the capacity summaries for product-level filtering and sorting.

Good Price uses the current listing plus DatacenterDisk's stored pricing records in the background. See the Good Price guide for broader market context.

Showing 220 of 220 current HDD listings. Unavailable listings and invalid prices are excluded.
UNAVAILABLE
$515.49
$28.64/TB

WD WD180PURZ

Capacity
18TB
Brand
WD
Condition
Used
Interface
SATA-6G
Use
Surveillance

35% below comparable new WD 18TB

UNAVAILABLE
$319.99
$32.00/TB

WD WD101PURP

Capacity
10TB
Brand
WD
Condition
Used
Interface
SATA-6G
Use
Surveillance

16% below comparable new WD 10TB

UNAVAILABLE
$205.00
$25.63/TB

Dell M40TH

Capacity
8TB
Brand
Dell
Condition
Used
Interface
SAS-12G
Use
Enterprise

45% below comparable new Dell 8TB

UNAVAILABLE
$209.00
$26.13/TB

WD WD8003FRYZ

Capacity
8TB
Brand
WD
Condition
Used
Interface
SATA-6G
Use
Enterprise

41% below comparable new WD 8TB

UNAVAILABLE
$279.99
$35.00/TB

WD WD80EFAX

Capacity
8TB
Brand
WD
Condition
Used
Interface
SATA-6G
Use
NAS

21% below comparable new WD 8TB

UNAVAILABLE
$279.99
$35.00/TB

WD WD80EFAX

Capacity
8TB
Brand
WD
Condition
Used
Interface
SATA-6G
Use
NAS

21% below comparable new WD 8TB

UNAVAILABLE
$290.92
$36.37/TB

WD WD80EFZX

Capacity
8TB
Brand
WD
Condition
Used
Interface
SATA-6G
Use
NAS

18% below comparable new WD 8TB

UNAVAILABLE
$295.49
$36.94/TB

WD WD80EFBX

Capacity
8TB
Brand
WD
Condition
Used
Interface
SATA-6G
Use
NAS

17% below comparable new WD 8TB

UNAVAILABLE
$302.48
$37.81/TB

WD WD81PURZ

Capacity
8TB
Brand
WD
Condition
Used
Interface
SATA-6G
Use
Surveillance

15% below comparable new WD 8TB

UNAVAILABLE
$337.24
$42.16/TB

WD WD80EFPX

Capacity
8TB
Brand
WD
Condition
Used
Interface
SATA-6G
Use
NAS

5% below comparable new WD 8TB

UNAVAILABLE
$179.99
$30.00/TB

WD WD60PURX

Capacity
6TB
Brand
WD
Condition
Used
Interface
SATA-6G
Use
Surveillance

41% below comparable new WD 6TB

UNAVAILABLE
$225.00
$37.50/TB

WD WD60PURZ

Capacity
6TB
Brand
WD
Condition
Used
Interface
SATA-6G
Use
Surveillance

26% below comparable new WD 6TB

UNAVAILABLE
$229.99
$38.33/TB

WD WD60EFRX

Capacity
6TB
Brand
WD
Condition
Used
Interface
SATA-6G
Use
NAS

25% below comparable new WD 6TB

Brand Price Dashboard

Current HDD price bands by brand where live inventory exists.

Full brand view
BrandCheapest DriveMedian $/TBBest $/TBBest Good PriceListings
WDWD WD10EFRX ($85.39)$42.48/TB$22.25/TBUnavailable162
SeagateSeagate ST91000640SS ($37.62)$43.47/TB$17.00/TBUnavailable96
HGSTHGST HUS724030ALS640 ($45.39)$32.50/TB$15.13/TBUnavailable19
HPHP ST31000640SS ($14.99)$41.41/TB$14.99/TBUnavailable18
MDDMDD MD3TSAS12872E ($59.99)$25.00/TB$20.00/TBUnavailable15
DellDell MG03SCA200 ($44.00)$47.87/TB$21.25/TBUnavailable14
ToshibaToshiba MG03ACA200 ($68.39)$46.13/TB$22.86/TBUnavailable9
SynologySynology HAS5300-12T ($669.99)$59.54/TB$55.83/TBUnavailable2
WD$42.48/TB
Seagate$43.47/TB
HGST$32.50/TB
HP$41.41/TB
MDD$25.00/TB
Dell$47.87/TB
Toshiba$46.13/TB
Synology$59.54/TB
cheapest storage per TB
absolute $/TB ranking
Good Price guide
how the value signal works
HDD price forecast
market trend view
recertified hard drives
used and renewed market
high-capacity HDD prices
16TB and larger
best price per TB
editorial best-buy view

What capacity pricing shows

Capacity-level summaries make the market easier to read than a long product list alone. If 18TB and 20TB drives cluster tightly but 22TB is elevated, a buyer with spare bays may choose the lower capacity and save money.

The cheapest drive in a capacity band is not always the best purchase. Condition, interface, and historical context still need to match the intended deployment.

Why median price matters

The median price keeps one unusually cheap or expensive listing from defining the whole capacity band. It is a useful signal for procurement planning and replacement-drive budgeting.

The best $/TB column shows the current floor, while the Good Price column highlights whether any listing has a favorable value signal.

Avoiding capacity-page overlap

This page is the market comparison layer. Dedicated capacity pages remain the place to browse all known products for a specific drive size.

That keeps a 16TB buyer from needing to compare every HDD size, while still giving market-level context before choosing a final capacity.

FAQs

Why does a capacity with live stock not always link to a capacity page?

DatacenterDisk only links to capacity URLs that already exist. Live inventory can include capacities that do not yet have dedicated pages.

Is median price or best $/TB more important?

Best $/TB shows the current floor. Median price is better for understanding the typical current cost of that capacity band.

Methodology

DatacenterDisk includes current in-stock HDD listings with valid positive prices, valid positive capacity, and price-per-TB data. Unavailable listings and broken zero-dollar prices are excluded from current rankings.

Good Price is calculated once in the shared pricing utility from current in-stock listings and stored DatacenterDisk price records. When the stored data is too thin for a confident verdict, the row shows Unavailable instead of inventing a bargain.