12 drives tracked from $46.00/TB. Prices updated every 4 hours.
1TB costs $46.00/TB right now against $19.00/TB at 2TB, today's best-value capacity - a 142% 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.
| $/TB ▲ | Brand / Model | Cap | Interface | Tech | Cache | Sector | Wty | Price | Cond. | 90D | Buy | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
👑$46.00 ↓ vs 30d avg | Seagate BarraCuda 1TB ST1000DM010 ST1000DM010 Refurb · CMR · | 1TB | SATA-6G | CMR | — | — | — | $46.00 | REFURB | Buy →Details | ▼ | |
$88.39 ↓ vs 30d avg | WD WD Purple 1TB WD10PURX WD10PURX Refurb · | 1TB | SATA-6G | — | — | — | — | $88.39 | REFURB | Buy →Details | ▼ | |
$93.00 ↓ vs 30d avg | WD WD Red Legacy 1TB WD10EFRX WD10EFRX Refurb · CMR · | 1TB | SATA-6G | CMR | — | — | — | $93.00 | REFURB | Buy →Details | ▼ | |
$99.99 ~ 30d avg | Seagate BarraCuda 1TB ST1000DMZ10 ST1000DMZ10 Refurb · | 1TB | SATA-6G 7,200 RPM | — | 64MB | — | — | $99.99 | REFURB | Buy →Details | ▼ | |
$110.00 ↓ vs 30d avg | Seagate SkyHawk 1.0TB Refurb · | 1TB | SATA-6G | — | — | — | — | $110.00 | REFURB | Buy →Details | ▼ | |
$118.99 ↑ vs 30d avg | Seagate BarraCuda 1TB ST1000DM010 ST1000DM010 CMR · | 1TB | SATA-6G | CMR | — | — | — | $118.99 | new | Buy →Details | ▼ | |
$129.00 ↑ vs 30d avg | Seagate BarraCuda 1TB ST1000DMZ10 ST1000DMZ10 | 1TB | SATA-6G 7,200 RPM | — | 64MB | — | — | $129.00 | new | Buy →Details | ▼ | |
$130.71 ~ 30d avg | WD WD Purple 1TB WD11PURZ WD11PURZ Refurb · CMR · 3yr | 1TB | SATA-6G | CMR | — | — | 3yr | $130.71 | REFURB | Buy →Details | ▼ | |
$146.29 ↑ vs 30d avg | WD WD Purple 1TB WD10PURX WD10PURX | 1TB | SATA-6G | — | — | — | — | $146.29 | new | Buy →Details | ▼ | |
$160.00 ↑ vs 30d avg | WD WD Purple 1TB WD11PURZ WD11PURZ CMR · 3yr | 1TB | SATA-6G | CMR | — | — | 3yr | $160.00 | new | Buy →Details | ▼ | |
$186.99 ↑ vs 30d avg | WD WD Red Legacy 1TB WD10EFRX WD10EFRX CMR · | 1TB | SATA-6G | CMR | — | — | — | $186.99 | new | Buy →Details | ▼ | |
$215.27 ↑ vs 30d avg | Seagate SkyHawk 1.0TB | 1TB | SATA-6G | — | — | — | — | $215.27 | new | Buy →Details | ▼ |
Small-capacity SATA enterprise drives are often available as refurb datacenter pulls at rock-bottom prices. Check seller ratings and SMART data on arrival.
2-4TB external drives rarely contain enterprise mechanisms. At this capacity, buying bare enterprise drives is usually cheaper than shucking.
Perfect for home NAS builds, media servers, and development environments. At these capacities even consumer-grade is adequate, but enterprise CMR ensures RAID safety.
If you need IOPS over capacity, consider 10K SAS 2.5" drives instead. For pure storage, 7.2K SATA at 2-4TB is the cheapest entry point.
1TB SATA drives work well in RAID arrays for home labs and small NAS builds. At this capacity, consider RAID 10 for performance or RAID 5 for capacity.
Seagate Barracuda, WD Red, and MDD Enterprise offer the widest selection at this capacity. Refurbished Exos and Ultrastar pulls are also common.
Refurbished 1TB SATA drives from datacenter pulls offer 40-60% savings. For home NAS and non-critical storage, refurb is excellent value. For business NAS, new IronWolf Pro or Red Pro with full warranties provide peace of mind.
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SATA enterprise HDDs offer the best $/TB for bulk nearline storage, backup targets and cold archive tiers.