Best 14TB Hard Drives by Price per TB
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At 14TB the major lines are all CMR, so the choice is the offer: a new NAS-class drive with 3 years of maker warranty, a pro NAS or enterprise drive with 5, or a renewed drive with a seller warranty, ranked below.
A 14TB hard drive is a common pick for multi-bay NAS builds, home servers, and data hoarders who want more space per bay. The list below ranks today's Amazon offers for exactly 14TB — internal and external, new, renewed, and used — by price per TB, and re-ranks itself every time our price snapshot refreshes.
At 14TB the hardware question mostly answers itself: Seagate lists every current drive from 12TB to 24TB as CMR, WD's and Toshiba's NAS and enterprise lines are CMR too, and several 14TB models are helium-sealed. So the real choice is the offer — a new drive with a maker warranty or a renewed ex-data-center drive with a seller warranty — and the table puts them side by side.
Toshiba 14TB SATA 512e 256MB Cache 7200RPM 3.5" SATA 6.0Gb/s Enterprise Hard Drive - MG07ACA14TE (Renewed)
$329.00 · $23.50/TB as of Sep 26, 03:42 PM EDT
Ranks #1 at $23.50/TB — 3% below the typical 14TB HDD. Renewed condition, SATA, 3.5".
MDD MAXDIGITALDATA MDD (MDD14TSATA25672E) 14TB 7200 RPM 256MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5'' Internal Enterprise Hard Drive - 5 Years Warranty (Renewed)
$329.99 · $23.57/TB as of Sep 26, 03:42 PM EDT
Ranks #2 at $23.57/TB — 3% below the typical 14TB HDD. Renewed condition, SATA, 5 yr warranty.
Basicnology Enterprise HDD 14TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 128MB Cache 3.5inch Datacenter Hard Drive (BG14TSA256E) - 3 Years Warranty (Renewed)
$329.99 · $23.57/TB as of Sep 26, 03:42 PM EDT
Ranks #3 at $23.57/TB — 3% below the typical 14TB HDD. Renewed condition, SATA, 3.5", 3 yr warranty.
MDD MAXDIGITALDATA MDD 14TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 256MB Cache 3.5-inch Internal Desktop Hard Drive (Renewed)
$329.99 · $23.57/TB as of Sep 26, 03:42 PM EDT
Ranks #4 at $23.57/TB — 3% below the typical 14TB HDD. Renewed condition, SATA, 3.5".
Avolusion PRO-H1 14TB 7200RPM USB 3.2 Gen2 (10Gbps) External Hard Drive (for Windows or MacOS Desktop PC/Laptop) (Renewed)
$329.99 · $23.57/TB as of Sep 26, 03:42 PM EDT
Ranks #5 at $23.57/TB — 17% below the typical external HDD across all sizes. Renewed condition, USB.
OSENTRiX BX100 14TB USB 3.2 Gen 2 USB-C External Hard Drive for Windows or MacOS Desktop PC/Laptop
$329.99 · $23.57/TB as of Sep 26, 03:42 PM EDT
Ranks #6 at $23.57/TB — 8% below the typical 14TB external HDD. New condition, USB.
Avolusion PRO-T5 Series USB 3.0 External Hard Drive for WindowsOS Desktop PC/Laptop - 2 Year Warranty (14TB White) (Renewed)
$329.99 · $23.57/TB as of Sep 26, 03:42 PM EDT
Ranks #7 at $23.57/TB — 17% below the typical external HDD across all sizes. Renewed condition, USB, 2 yr warranty.
Water Panther WP Arsenal 14TB SATA 7200RPM 3.5-Inch DAS Hard Drive, Mechanical Hard Disk (Renewed)
$334.00 · $23.86/TB as of Sep 26, 03:42 PM EDT
Ranks #8 at $23.86/TB — 2% below the typical 14TB HDD. Renewed condition, SATA, 3.5".
MDD (MD14TSATA25672NAS) 14TB 7200 RPM 256MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5'' Internal NAS Hard Drive - 5 Years Warranty (Renewed)
$339.95 · $24.28/TB as of Sep 26, 03:42 PM EDT
Ranks #9 at $24.28/TB. Renewed condition, SATA, 5 yr warranty.
Western Digital 14TB Ultrastar DC HC530 SATA HDD - 7200 RPM Class, SATA 6 Gb/s, 512MB Cache, 3.5" - WUH721414ALE604 (Renewed)
$339.99 · $24.29/TB as of Sep 26, 03:42 PM EDT
Ranks #10 at $24.29/TB. Renewed condition, SATA, 3.5".
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What to look for
Recording method is not the risk at 14TB. Seagate's IronWolf, IronWolf Pro, SkyHawk, and Exos lines are CMR at this size, as are WD Red Plus, Red Pro, and Ultrastar and Toshiba's N300. Seagate's 14TB IronWolf and Exos and WD's 14TB Ultrastar are helium-sealed. That is a real difference from smaller sizes, where desktop lines can be SMR.
Warranty is what separates offers. NAS-class drives such as IronWolf, WD Red Plus, and Toshiba N300 carry a 3-year warranty and a 180 TB-per-year rating. Pro NAS drives and enterprise drives such as WD Ultrastar and Toshiba MG get 5 years, with ratings up to 550 TB per year. A renewed drive has none of that maker coverage unless it is sold as maker-recertified.
Rebuild time starts to matter at 14TB. Seagate's NAS-class 14TB drive is rated at 210 MB/s, so writing the whole drive takes roughly 18 hours, and that is only the floor for a RAID rebuild. In a multi-bay array, plan redundancy first — a mirror, dual parity, or a separate backup — and then chase the lowest price per TB.
FAQ
Is a 14TB hard drive CMR?
For the major lines, yes. Seagate lists every current drive from 12TB to 24TB as CMR, including IronWolf, IronWolf Pro, SkyHawk, and Exos, and WD Red Plus, Red Pro, and Ultrastar plus Toshiba N300 are CMR at 14TB. Confirm the line on the listing all the same.
How long does a 14TB RAID rebuild take?
At least about 18 hours, and usually longer. A 14TB drive rated at 210 MB/s needs about 18 hours just to write its full capacity, and a real rebuild adds the load of the array still serving data, so plan for a day or more in a degraded state.
Are renewed 14TB drives worth it?
They can be, if the warranty terms suit you. Amazon's Renewed Guarantee allows returns within 90 days, and Renewed Premium extends that to a year; Seagate and WD also sell recertified drives directly with limited maker warranties. Backblaze's data shows failure rates rise as drives age.
Is 14TB a good size for a NAS?
For many home NAS builds, yes. 14TB holds about 2,800 movies at 5 GB each, or about 280 4K disc rips at 50 GB each, and Windows shows it as about 12.73 TB. It balances space per bay against rebuild time, which grows with every terabyte.