Used and recertified HDD market

Used Hard Drive Prices

This is the transactional live-pricing companion to DatacenterDisk's used-drive market analysis. It is built for current shopping decisions, not long-form forecasting.

Where the product data exposes condition details, the table separates used, renewed, refurbished, and recertified-style labels. Missing warranty data stays unknown.

Live prices from current DatacenterDisk inventoryยท updated

Direct answer

Used hard drive prices can be attractive, especially for high-capacity enterprise models, but condition, seller policy, and warranty matter. This page ranks current non-new HDD listings while keeping out-of-stock and invalid prices out of the table.

Cheapest HDD
$14.99
1TB Used - $14.99/TB
Best Price/TB
$14.99/TB
HP ST31000640SS - $14.99
Best Historical Value
GREAT PRICE
Seagate ST33000650SS - This listing is unusually strong for this exact drive condition.
Best Market Value
Excellent
HP ST31000640SS - $14.99/TB
Cheapest Used HDD
$14.99
1TB Used - $14.99/TB
Median $/TB
$34.49/TB
165 live HDD listings

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Live Used HDD Prices

Rows are current non-new listings from the HDD inventory, sorted by Good Price and $/TB unless you choose another sort.

Market Value compares a listing with current peers in the same use class, interface, condition, and capacity band. Historical Value compares it only with its own stored price record. The two columns can disagree and both be right: Market Value asks whether a listing is cheap next to comparable drives on sale today, Historical Value asks whether it is cheap next to its own past. A small drive can be Expensive per TB against its peers and still be at the lowest price it has ever had. See the Good Price guide for broader market context.

Showing 165 of 165 current HDD listings. Out-of-stock listings and invalid prices are excluded.
ExcellentGREAT PRICE
$106.00
$26.50/TB

WD WD40PURX

Capacity
4TB
Brand
WD
Condition
Used
Interface
SATA-6G
Use
Surveillance

46% below comparable new WD 4TB

ExcellentGREAT PRICE
$164.99
$27.50/TB

WD WD60PURX

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

48% below comparable new WD 6TB

ExcellentGREAT PRICE
$309.99
$31.00/TB

WD WD101PURP

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

17% below comparable new WD 10TB

ExcellentGREAT PRICE
$200.00
$33.33/TB

WD WD6002FFWX

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

36% below comparable new WD 6TB

GoodGREAT PRICE
$98.00
$32.67/TB

WD WD30PURX

Capacity
3TB
Brand
WD
Condition
Used
Interface
SATA-6G
Use
Surveillance

42% below comparable new WD 3TB

GoodGREAT PRICE
$209.99
$35.00/TB

WD WD63PURZ

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

33% below comparable new WD 6TB

GoodGREAT PRICE
$349.99
$35.00/TB

WD WD100EFGX

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

6% below comparable new WD 10TB

AverageGREAT PRICE
$599.99
$33.33/TB

WD Gold 18TB

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

24% below comparable new WD 18TB

AverageGREAT PRICE
$659.00
$36.61/TB

WD Gold 18TB

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

16% below comparable new WD 18TB

AverageGREAT PRICE
$349.99
$43.75/TB

WD WD8005FFBX

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

13% below comparable new WD 8TB

ExpensiveGREAT PRICE
$369.00
$46.13/TB

WD WD8005FRYZ

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

8% below comparable new WD 8TB

ExpensiveGREAT PRICE
$380.93
$47.62/TB

WD WD80EFPX

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

5% below comparable new WD 8TB

GoodGOOD PRICE
$349.99
$35.00/TB

WD WD101EFBX

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

6% below comparable new WD 10TB

GoodGOOD PRICE
$188.39
$47.10/TB

WD WD40EFZX

Capacity
4TB
Brand
WD
Condition
Used
Interface
SATA-6G
Use
NAS

3% below comparable new WD 4TB

GoodFAIR PRICE
$245.00
$30.63/TB

Dell M40TH

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

32% below comparable new Dell 8TB

GoodFAIR PRICE
$285.00
$47.50/TB

WD WD60EFRX

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

9% below comparable new WD 6TB

AverageFAIR PRICE
$589.00
$32.72/TB

WD WD181KFGX

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

25% below comparable new WD 18TB

AverageFAIR PRICE
$417.28
$34.77/TB

HP MB012000GWWFE

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

51% below comparable new HP 12TB

AverageFAIR PRICE
$179.99
$45.00/TB

WD WD40PURX

Capacity
4TB
Brand
WD
Condition
Used
Interface
SATA-6G
Use
Surveillance

8% below comparable new WD 4TB

AverageFAIR PRICE
$359.99
$45.00/TB

WD WD8003FFBX

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

10% below comparable new WD 8TB

AverageFAIR PRICE
$299.99
$50.00/TB

WD WD6003FFBX

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

5% below comparable new WD 6TB

ExpensiveFAIR PRICE
$609.99
$38.12/TB

WD WD161KFGX

Capacity
16TB
Brand
WD
Condition
Used
Interface
SATA-6G
Use
NAS

16% below comparable new WD 16TB

ExpensiveFAIR PRICE
$699.99
$38.89/TB

WD WD181PURP

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

11% below comparable new WD 18TB

ExpensiveFAIR PRICE
$379.99
$47.50/TB

WD WD80EFZZ

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

5% below comparable new WD 8TB

ExpensiveFAIR PRICE
$105.69
$52.85/TB

WD WD20PURX

Capacity
2TB
Brand
WD
Condition
Used
Interface
SATA-6G
Use
Surveillance

35% below comparable new WD 2TB

ExpensiveFAIR PRICE
$119.53
$59.77/TB

WD WD20EFRX

Capacity
2TB
Brand
WD
Condition
Used
Interface
SATA-6G
Use
NAS

26% below comparable new WD 2TB

ExpensiveFAIR PRICE
$88.39
$88.39/TB

WD WD10PURX

Capacity
1TB
Brand
WD
Condition
Used
Interface
SATA-6G
Use
Surveillance

39% below comparable new WD 1TB

ExpensiveFAIR PRICE
$93.00
$93.00/TB

WD WD10EFRX

Capacity
1TB
Brand
WD
Condition
Used
Interface
SATA-6G
Use
NAS

35% below comparable new WD 1TB

FAIR PRICE
$774.99
$35.23/TB

WD WD221KFGX

Capacity
22TB
Brand
WD
Condition
Used
Interface
SATA-6G
Use
NAS

19% below comparable new WD 22TB

ExcellentIn progress
$510.00
$28.33/TB

WD WD180PURZ

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

35% below comparable new WD 18TB

GoodIn progress
$59.53
$19.84/TB

HP MB3000FBUCN

Capacity
3TB
Brand
HP
Condition
Used
Interface
SAS-6G
Use
Enterprise

50% below comparable new HP 3TB

GoodIn progress
$85.00
$21.25/TB

Dell 012GYY

Capacity
4TB
Brand
Dell
Condition
Used
Interface
SAS-6G
Use
Enterprise

47% below comparable new Dell 4TB

GoodIn progress
$89.98
$22.50/TB

Dell DRMYH

Capacity
4TB
Brand
Dell
Condition
Used
Interface
SAS-6G
Use
Enterprise

44% below comparable new Dell 4TB

AverageIn progress
$302.48
$37.81/TB

WD WD81PURZ

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

24% below comparable new WD 8TB

AverageIn progress
$300.00
$50.00/TB

WD WD6003FFBX

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

5% below comparable new WD 6TB

ExpensiveIn progress
$68.99
$34.49/TB

HP AP072B321

Capacity
2TB
Brand
HP
Condition
Used
Interface
SAS-6G
Use
Enterprise

37% below comparable new HP 2TB

ExpensiveIn progress
$319.99
$40.00/TB

WD WD84PURZ

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

20% below comparable new WD 8TB

ExpensiveIn progress
$799.99
$40.00/TB

WD WD201KFGX

Capacity
20TB
Brand
WD
Condition
Used
Interface
SATA-6G
Use
NAS

11% below comparable new WD 20TB

GoodHIGH PRICE
$117.37
$29.34/TB

WD WD40PURX

Capacity
4TB
Brand
WD
Condition
Used
Interface
SATA-6G
Use
Surveillance

40% below comparable new WD 4TB

AverageHIGH PRICE
$619.00
$34.39/TB

WD WD181KFGX

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

21% below comparable new WD 18TB

AverageHIGH PRICE
$313.00
$39.13/TB

WD WD80EFAX

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

22% below comparable new WD 8TB

AverageHIGH PRICE
$244.99
$40.83/TB

WD WD60PURZ

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

22% below comparable new WD 6TB

ExpensiveHIGH PRICE
$380.00
$47.50/TB

WD WD80EFAX

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

5% below comparable new WD 8TB

Capacity Price Dashboard

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

Full capacity view
CapacityCheapestMedian PriceBest $/TBBest Good PriceListings
1TB$14.99$55.34$14.99/TBIn progress7
1.2TB$48.00$56.50$40.00/TBGREAT PRICE6
1.8TB$120.00$137.00$66.67/TBIn progress2
2TB$59.90$104.00$29.95/TBGREAT PRICE7
3TB$45.39$69.19$15.13/TBGREAT PRICE12
4TB$74.39$164.00$18.60/TBGREAT PRICE16
6TB$149.99$242.49$25.00/TBGREAT PRICE16
8TB$219.99$349.99$27.50/TBGREAT PRICE17
10TB$200.00$319.50$20.00/TBGREAT PRICE24
12TB$329.95$359.99$27.50/TBGREAT PRICE19
14TB$349.99$379.99$25.00/TBGREAT PRICE7
16TB$469.99$539.27$29.37/TBGREAT PRICE6
18TB$509.99$599.99$28.33/TBGREAT PRICE13
20TB$569.99$639.99$28.50/TBGREAT PRICE5
22TB$619.00$774.99$28.14/TBGREAT PRICE5
24TB$764.50$798.99$31.85/TBGREAT PRICE3
1TB$14.99/TB
1.2TB$40.00/TB
1.8TB$66.67/TB
2TB$29.95/TB
3TB$15.13/TB
4TB$18.60/TB
6TB$25.00/TB
8TB$27.50/TB
10TB$20.00/TB
12TB$27.50/TB
14TB$25.00/TB
16TB$29.37/TB

Brand Price Dashboard

Current HDD price bands by brand where live inventory exists.

Full brand view
BrandCheapest DriveMedian $/TBBest $/TBBest Good PriceListings
WDWD WD10PURX ($88.39)$36.94/TB$20.00/TBGREAT PRICE86
SeagateSeagate ST91000640SS ($37.99)$33.29/TB$16.00/TBGREAT PRICE35
MDDMDD MD3TSAS12872E ($59.99)$28.17/TB$20.00/TBGREAT PRICE14
HGSTHGST HUS724030ALS640 ($45.39)$31.40/TB$15.13/TBIn progress10
HPHP ST31000640SS ($14.99)$32.25/TB$14.99/TBIn progress10
DellDell HUC101212CSS600 ($53.00)$35.63/TB$21.25/TBGREAT PRICE7
ToshibaToshiba AL15SEB18EQ ($120.00)$35.28/TB$25.00/TBIn progress3
WD$36.94/TB
Seagate$33.29/TB
MDD$28.17/TB
HGST$31.40/TB
HP$32.25/TB
Dell$35.63/TB
Toshiba$35.28/TB
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Used HDD price signals

The first filter is condition, but condition labels are not a full quality guarantee. Used, renewed, refurbished, and recertified-style listings can involve different testing, packaging, return windows, and warranty paths.

The Good Price badge uses stored pricing records for that condition path where enough data exists. It does not assume that a used price is good simply because it is lower than a new-drive price.

When used drives make sense

Used enterprise HDDs are often strongest for backup targets, replicated cold storage, lab systems, bulk media archives, and pools where failure domains and spares are planned carefully.

For primary business storage, small NAS deployments without hot spares, or workloads where replacement downtime is expensive, the new-drive premium can still be rational.

Savings vs new

When there is a defensible comparable new listing in the same brand and capacity group, DatacenterDisk can show the current used-market savings context. If that baseline is missing, the page leaves the comparison out.

That avoids comparing a $900 used enterprise pull against a $5,000 unrelated OEM kit as though they were the same purchasing option.

FAQs

Are recertified and used hard drives the same?

No. Recertified usually implies some testing or requalification claim, while used can simply mean a pulled drive. DatacenterDisk shows the label available from the listing data but does not invent a certification.

Why are some used prices missing a warranty value?

The database only shows warranty when it is known from the product data. Unknown warranty is displayed as unknown, not estimated.

Methodology

DatacenterDisk includes current in-stock HDD listings with valid positive prices, valid positive capacity, and price-per-TB data. Out-of-stock 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. Historical Value compares a listing only with its own stored price record for that exact drive and condition. GREAT PRICE means today's price is within 3% of the lowest we have recorded for it, or at least 15% below its own 30- or 90-day average; GOOD PRICE, within 7% of that low or at least 7% below its 30-day average; HIGH PRICE, more than 7% above its own 30-day average; FAIR PRICE otherwise. It reads In progress when we hold fewer than 7 days of records, or when the price has never moved more than 3% across its record - an unchanged price is neither a low nor a high, so it gets no verdict.

Market Value requires at least three relevant current peers and compares price per TB within matching use class, interface, condition, and capacity band. When that peer set is too small, the row shows a progress indicator instead of a market-value label.