Disk Prices

Hard disk drives (HDD) use spinning platters and historically offer the lowest price per TB — ideal for bulk storage, backups, and NAS arrays. Solid state drives (SSD) use flash memory and cost more per terabyte, but deliver faster access times, lower power draw, and no moving parts. NVMe SSDs are the fastest category

Conventional magnetic recording (CMR) writes data to fixed tracks — the standard for NAS, RAID, and heavy random-write workloads. Shingled magnetic recording (SMR) overlaps tracks to pack more data onto fewer platters, lowering cost but slowing random writes. SMR drives work fine for sequential backups but can cause pr

Use price per TB ($/TB) or price per GB ($/GB) instead of raw price. A 2 TB drive at $60 ($30/TB) is worse value than a 4 TB drive at $80 ($20/TB) even though the 4 TB drive costs more upfront. Our table calculates these metrics automatically and sorts by $/TB by default, so comparing 1 TB, 4 TB, 8 TB, and 18 TB drives

Yes. Filter by condition to show used, renewed, or refurbished listings alongside new drives. Compare the $/TB of used drives against new ones to see if the discount is worth it.

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