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Find the Best NAS Drives by Price per Terabyte

Pick your NAS to see the right NAS-rated CMR drives, RAM and M.2 cache sized to its bays, or jump to the shucking tracker and DIY build tools, all ranked by live Amazon.com $/TB.

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It ranks storage by live $/TB: NAS-rated CMR drives for every UGREEN, Synology, QNAP and TerraMaster model, DIY TrueNAS/Unraid build parts with RAM and ZFS calculators, and a live hard-drive shucking tracker that shows post-shuck $/TB versus buying internal. Prices are read live from Amazon.com.

Best NAS drives right now

Price per
8 products
ProductCapacityPrice$ / TBTypePrimeBuy
HGST Ultrastar He12 | HUH721212ALE601 | 0F27454 | 12TB 7200 RPM 256MB SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Cache | 512E | BitLocker Hard Drive Encryption | Power Disable Function |12 TB$329.99$27.50Enterprise HDD · SATACMREnterprise-Buy on Amazon
TOSHIBA N300 Internal Hard Drive 22 Tb 7200 RPM 512 Mb 3.5", W129161818 (Tb 7200 RPM 512 Mb 3.5 Serial Ata Iii)22 TB$799.99$36.36NAS HDD · SATACMR-Buy on Amazon
Seagate IronWolf Pro 14 TB NAS RAID Internal Hard Drive - 7,200 RPM SATA 6 Gb/s 3.5-inch (ST14000NE0008)14 TB$519.99$37.14NAS HDD · SATACMR-Buy on Amazon
Seagate IronWolf 14TB NAS Internal Hard Drive HDD – CMR 3.5 Inch SATA 256MB Cache for RAID Network Attached Storage – Frustration Free Packaging (ST14000VN0008)14 TB$523.99$37.43NAS HDD · SATACMR-Buy on Amazon
Seagate IronWolf Pro ST16000NE000 16 TB Hard Drive - 3.5" Internal - SATA (SATA/600), Mechanical Hard Disk16 TB$599.00$37.44NAS HDD · SATACMR-Buy on Amazon
Western Digital WUH721414ALE6L4 14TB Ultrastar DC HC530 SATA HDD - 7200 RPM Class, SATA 6 Gb/s, 512MB Cache, 3.5"14 TB$529.99$37.86Enterprise HDD · SATACMREnterprise-Buy on Amazon
Toshiba 22TB Enterprise Internal Hard Drive – MG Series 3.5" SATA HDD for Server, Storage, 24/7 Operation, Hyperscale, Cloud (MG10AFA22TE)22 TB$835.99$38.00Enterprise HDD · SATACMREnterprise-Buy on Amazon
Western Digital 12TB WD Red Plus NAS Internal Hard Drive HDD - 7200 RPM, SATA 6 GB/s, CMR, 512 MB Cache, 3.5" - WD120EFGX12 TB$459.99$38.33NAS HDD · SATACMRPrimeBuy on Amazon

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Plex server builds

Four tiers, from a silent N100 direct-play box to a 4K-remux TrueNAS tower. Each build lists every part with a live price; pick your tier by capability, not just budget.

Budget Plex Server

Direct play and light 1080p transcoding

  • NAS board (Intel N100)$239.99
  • RAM$239.99
  • Boot SSD$109.99
  • Case (2-bay)$149.99
  • PSU—
  • Drives2× ~12 TB CMR
From$739.96+ drives
~11 TB usable · size it
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Family Plex Server

3-5 simultaneous 1080p streams for the whole house

  • NAS board (Intel N305)$279.99
  • RAM$239.99
  • Boot SSD$109.99
  • Case (4-bay)$99.99
  • PSU$124.99
  • Drives4× ~12 TB CMR
From$854.95+ drives
~33 TB usable · size it
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4K Plex Server

2-3 concurrent 4K HDR transcodes

  • CPU / iGPU (Intel Core i5)$247.99
  • Motherboard$99.99
  • RAM$218.99
  • Boot SSD$156.99
  • Case (4-bay)$134.99
  • PSU$87.99
  • Drives4× ~16 TB CMR
From$946.94+ drives
~44 TB usable · size it
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High-End Plex Server

4K remux libraries at scale, many streams

  • CPU / iGPU (Intel Core i5)$247.99
  • Motherboard (ECC)$429.99
  • ECC RAM×2$501.99
  • Boot SSD$156.99
  • Case (6-8 bay)$109.99
  • PSU$49.99
  • HBA$89.80
  • 10GbE / 2.5GbE NIC$60.53
  • Drives6× ~20 TB CMR
From$2,149.26+ drives
~91 TB usable · size it
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