If you're shopping for a large amount of inexpensive local storage, this is one of the best deals available right now. For a limited time, Amazon is offering the WD Elements 14TB USB 3.0 Desktop Hard Drive for $199.99 with free shipping. That averages out to just $14.29 per TB of storage. This hard drive is sold and shipped by Amazon, not a marketplace vendor.
$259.99 save 23%$199.99 at Amazon
The WD Elements boasts a single 14TB disk drive so it's physically no bigger than any other desktop hard drive. It features a fast USB 3.0 5Gbps (625MBps)interface, although real world transfer speeds is closer to 100-200MBps because this is a traditional hard drive and not an SSD. A USB 3.0 cable is included in the packaging as well as recovery software. The drive is automatically recognized by both Windows and Mac computers.
Although SSDs are all the rage these days, traditional hard drives are still the superior choice for long term storage. For one, hard drives are significantly less expensive. Compared to this hard drive's $14.29/TB cost, a solid state drive would run you at least $50/TB. Hard drives also have a much higher maximum capacity. Consumer SSDs generally cap out at 8TB, which pales in comparison to the 14TB capacity of this drive. Perhaps most importantly, although SSDs can equal HDDs in terms of lifespan, it's much easier to recover data from a HDD than SSD if either one fails.
Looking for more alternatives? Check out the best external hard drives of 2025.
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