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Compare Western Digital Blue 500GB vs Purple Surveillance 4TB

Western Digital Blue 500GB and Western Digital Purple Surveillance 4TB are both hard disk drives with the same RPM (5400) and Interface (SATA 6 Gb/s). The main differences are in Capacity, Cache and Form Factor.
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Brand
Western Digital
Brand
Western Digital
Model
WD5000LPVX
Model
WD43PURZ
Release Date
📅 August 2013
Release Date
📅 May 2023
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User reviews
★★★★★
(498 reviews)
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Performance (Charts)
151st / 637
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Effective Value
63rd / 161
Effective Value
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Price/GB
$0.07
Price/GB
$0.05
GB/$1
15.34
GB/$1
20
Capacity
500 GB
Capacity
4000 GB
Cache
8MB
Cache
256MB
RPM
5400
RPM
5400
Interface
SATA 6 Gb/s
Interface
SATA 6 Gb/s
Form Factor
2.5"
Form Factor
3.5"

Comparison and key differences summary

Reasons to buy the Western Digital Blue 500GB:

  • 84% cheaper, you can save $167.39

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Reasons to buy the Western Digital Purple Surveillance 4TB:

  • Newer Product, it was released around 10 years later
  • More Capacity (+3500 GB available)
  • More Internal Cache (+248 MB available)

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