Every Toshiba MG and N300 drive we track, scored against its own recent price history on its own condition track - a refurbished price is never judged against a new drive's range. 8 rows scored right now. Toshiba listings go in and out of stock more than their Seagate and WD equivalents, so some rows will have too little history to judge.
Prices updated · live figures update every 4-5 hours
2 at/near low · 4 typical · 2 elevated
| Model | Capacity | Recording | Price | Verdict | $/TB | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MG03ACA200 Enterprise | 2TB | CMR | $38 | AT/NEAR LOW since 2026-08-30 | $19.00 | Buy |
| N300 8TB NAS | 8TB | CMR | $497 | AT/NEAR LOW since 2026-08-30 | $62.12 | Buy |
| MG07ACA14TE Enterprise | 14TB | CMR | $329 | TYPICAL since 2026-08-30 | $23.50 | Buy |
| MG09ACA18TE Enterprise | 18TB | CMR | $635 | TYPICAL since 2026-08-30 | $35.28 | Buy |
| MG08SDA800E Enterprise | 8TB | CMR | $369 | TYPICAL since 2026-08-30 | $46.13 | Buy |
| MG09ACA18TE Enterprise | 18TB | CMR | $1040 | TYPICAL since 2026-08-30 | $57.78 | Buy |
| AL15SEB18EQ Enterprise | 1.8TB | CMR | $120 | ELEVATED since 2026-08-30 | $66.67 | Buy |
| MG03ACA200 Enterprise | 2TB | CMR | $145 | ELEVATED since 2026-09-01 | $72.55 | Buy |
Live prices · updated every 4-5 hours · last checked 4 hr ago · MG and N300 together, ranked by live cost per terabyte - check the interface column
| Model | Capacity | Recording | RPM | Workload TB/yr | Warranty | $/TB | Price | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2TB MG03ACA200REFURB | 2TB | CMR | 7,200 | 550 | 5 yr | $19.00 | $38 | Buy |
| 14TB MG07ACA14TEREFURB | 14TB | CMR | 7,200 | 550 | 5 yr | $23.50 | $329 | Buy |
| 18TB MG09ACA18TEREFURB | 18TB | CMR | 7,200 | — | 5 yr | $35.28 | $635 | Buy |
| 8TB MG08SDA800E | 8TB | CMR | 7,200 | — | 5 yr | $46.13 | $369 | Buy |
| 18TB MG09ACA18TE | 18TB | CMR | 7,200 | — | 5 yr | $57.78 | $1040 | Buy |
| N300 8TB | 8TB | CMR | 7,200 | — | 5 yr | $62.12 | $497 | Buy |
| 1.8TB AL15SEB18EQREFURB | 1.8TB | CMR | 10,000 | — | — | $66.67 | $120 | Buy |
| 2TB MG03ACA200 | 2TB | CMR | 7,200 | 550 | 5 yr | $72.55 | $145 | Buy |
Workload rating is recorded per part number from the manufacturer's published data for that exact model where available, not blanketed across the line — two drives of the same capacity can differ because they are different generations. A dash means the figure is not stated for that listing. Recording technology comes from the manufacturer's published CMR/SMR list; a model absent from that list is shown as UNVERIFIED rather than guessed. Rows priced above 3× this line's in-stock median are flagged and excluded from the winner callout and from every median we compute.
Cheapest of each on the same capacity, MG and N300 together. A dash means we hold no live listing on that track today.
Verdicts are computed from our own daily snapshots, always against the same drive's own record and never against a manufacturer list price. The only price shown on this page is the current one, with the time we last checked it — we publish the verdict as a label rather than printing past prices. Out-of-stock drives are excluded entirely, and the date beside each badge tells you how long we have been watching that drive.
Each drive is compared against its own recent price history on its own condition track. A refurbished listing is scored against what that refurbished listing has cost, never against the new drive's range, because the two move independently and blending them manufactures a permanent false bargain on the refurbished side.
Toshiba verdicts carry an extra caveat the other brand pages do not need. Because MG and N300 listings go in and out of stock more than their Seagate and WD equivalents, a drive's price history has gaps in it, and a drive that has been unavailable for weeks may return at a price its own history cannot usefully judge. Where that is the case we would rather show no verdict than a confident one built on three observations.
Cost per terabyte remains the number to act on. A verdict tells you whether a drive is cheap relative to itself; the per-terabyte column tells you whether it is cheap relative to every other way of buying that capacity, including from the other two makers.
The Toshiba hub carries the MG and N300 split and the availability comparison against Exos and Ultrastar · Exos deals and the Ultrastar hub cover the two deeper-stocked alternatives · MG11 24TB covers Toshiba's current CMR enterprise branch · MA11 28TB covers the host-managed SMR branch and its compatibility limits · the recertified guide covers what a refurbished grade means before you act on a verdict.
A verdict needs price history, and Toshiba listings are in stock less consistently than the Seagate and WD equivalents, so their histories have gaps. Where a drive has not been observed across enough refreshes we show the live price and leave the verdict blank rather than scoring against a handful of observations.
Toshiba rewards buying when you see it. The availability data on the hub is the reason: a Toshiba listing at a good price is more likely to disappear than to get cheaper, because the constraint on the line is supply rather than demand. That is the opposite of the advice we would give on a deeply stocked line like Ultrastar, where waiting costs you very little.
Specification claims on this page were checked against the pages below on 4 August 2026. Where a widely-repeated figure did not survive that check, we report what the source says now and say so in the text rather than repeating the familiar number.