7 drives tracked. From $44.15/TB. Updated about once a day.
At $44.15/TB, WD 16TB SATA drives are $1.88/TB cheaper than the 16TB SATA category average of $46.03/TB — strong value at this capacity.
WD 16TB SATA drives include the Ultrastar DC enterprise line and Red Pro NAS series. Both use CMR recording and carry 5-year warranties. From $44.15/TB.
16TB costs $29.37/TB right now against $21.76/TB at 20TB, today's best-value capacity - a 35% premium per terabyte. See the full value-frontier curve for the arithmetic, including when the premium is still the right buy for a fixed bay count.
| Buy | Details | ||||||
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| $44.15 Lowest $/TB | WD Ultrastar 16TB SATA WUH721816ALE6L4 WUH721816ALE6L4 | 16TB SATA-6G | Not sourced | $706.40 | Refurb | Buy on Amazon | |
Part number:WUH721816ALE6L4 RPM:— Cache:512MB Sector:512e Workload:— DWPD:— Form factor:3.5" Series:Ultrastar HC550 ASIN:B0921PYS45 Warranty:not stated by a source This offer, in its own words (the seller's note is verbatim): This offer: sold by ITCP Technologies · Amazon says Used / LikeNew | |||||||
| $44.69 ~ 30d avg | WD Red Pro 16TB WD161KFGX WD161KFGX | 16TB SATA-6G | CMR | $714.99 | New | Buy on Amazon | |
Part number:WD161KFGX RPM:7200 Cache:512MB Sector:— Workload:550TB/yr DWPD:— Form factor:3.5" Series:WD Red Pro ASIN:B08K3VVKSW This offer, in its own words (the seller's note is verbatim): This offer: sold by Amazon.com · Amazon says New / Unknown | |||||||
| $46.53 ~ 30d avg | WD Ultrastar 16TB SATA WUH721816ALE6L4 WUH721816ALE6L4 | 16TB SATA-6G | Not sourced | $744.45 | New | Buy on Amazon | |
Part number:WUH721816ALE6L4 RPM:— Cache:512MB Sector:512e Workload:— DWPD:— Form factor:3.5" Series:Ultrastar HC550 ASIN:B0921PYS45 This offer, in its own words (the seller's note is verbatim): This offer: sold by Brute Networks Corporation · Amazon says New / Unknown | |||||||
| $59.05 ~ 30d avg | WD Red Pro 16TB NAS | 16TB SATA-6G | Not sourced | $944.75 | New | Buy on Amazon | |
Part number:Red Pro 16TB NAS RPM:7200 Cache:512MB Sector:— Workload:— DWPD:— Form factor:3.5" Series:WD Red Pro ASIN:B08L6MM1TM Warranty:not stated by a source This offer, in its own words (the seller's note is verbatim): This offer: sold by Brute Networks Corporation · Amazon says New / Unknown | |||||||
| $83.60 ↑ vs 30d avg | WD Ultrastar 16TB SATA WUH722016CLE6L4 WUH722016CLE6L4 | 16TB SATA-6G | Not sourced | $1,337.57 | New | Buy on Amazon | |
Part number:WUH722016CLE6L4 RPM:7200 Cache:— Sector:— Workload:— DWPD:— Form factor:3.5" Series:Ultrastar HC550 ASIN:B0FKMXBSSJ Warranty:not stated by a source This offer, in its own words (the seller's note is verbatim): This offer: sold by Amazon Japan · Amazon says New / Unknown | |||||||
Guides for this capacity: best 16TB hard drive · the HDD price forecast · fill a NAS at today's prices
5 in-stock listings out of 7 tracked; the cheapest is the WD Ultrastar 16TB SATA WUH721816ALE6L4 at $706.40 ($44.15/TB). The table on this page is the live ranking.
Both are in stock: 4 new and 1 recertified or used. The cheapest new is the WD WD Red Pro 16TB WD161KFGX at $714.99, the cheapest recertified or used the WD Ultrastar 16TB SATA WUH721816ALE6L4 at $706.40 - a 1% shelf gap between two different models, not a like-for-like discount. New carries the manufacturer's warranty; recertified a reseller's.
3 of the 7 tracked listings carry a manufacturer-sourced conventional (CMR/ePMR) recording value, including the WD DC HC550 16TB SATA 7200RPM Enterprise and the WD Ultrastar DC HC560 16TB SATA. 4 are not sourced either way - an unsourced drive is never assumed CMR here.