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Compare Western Digital Gold 26TB vs Blue 500GB

Western Digital Gold 26TB and Western Digital Blue 500GB are both hard disk drives with the same Interface (SATA 6 Gb/s). The main differences are in Capacity, Cache, RPM and Form Factor.

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Western Digital Gold 26TB

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Brand

Western Digital

Brand

Western Digital

Model

WD261KRYZ

Model

WD5000LPVX

Release Date

📅 November 2024

Release Date

📅 August 2013

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151st / 637

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Effective Value

63rd / 161

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Price/GB

$0.04

Price/GB

$0.07

GB/$1

24.53

GB/$1

15.34

Capacity

26000 GB

Capacity

500 GB

Cache

512MB

Cache

8MB

RPM

7200

RPM

5400

Interface

SATA 6 Gb/s

Interface

SATA 6 Gb/s

Form Factor

3.5"

Form Factor

2.5"

Options (9)

	2 TB $129.99
	18 TB $977.79
	4 TB $299.99
	14 TB $329.99
	6 TB $272.79
	16 TB $700.00
	1 TB $80.56
	22 TB $1,075.93
	8 TB $464.99

Options (1)

WD Blue 320GB WD3200LPVX

320 GB
$55.00

Comparison and key differences summary

Reasons to buy the Western Digital Gold 26TB:

Newer Product, it was released around 11 years later
More Capacity (+25500 GB available)
Higher Revolutions Per Minute (+1800 RPM)
More Internal Cache (+504 MB available)

Reasons to buy the Western Digital Blue 500GB:

97% cheaper, you can save $1,027.39

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