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Compare Western Digital Gold 8TB vs Purple 8TB

Western Digital Gold 8TB and Western Digital Purple 8TB are both hard disk drives with the same Capacity (8000 GB), Cache (256MB) and RPM (7200).

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Western Digital Gold 8TB

Western Digital Purple 8TB

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Brand

Western Digital

Brand

Western Digital

Model

WD8005FRYZ

Model

WD8001PURP

Release Date

📅 February 2024

Release Date

📅 May 2021

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Price/GB

$0.03

Price/GB

$0.04

GB/$1

33.33

GB/$1

26.67

Capacity

8000 GB

Capacity

8000 GB

Cache

256MB

Cache

256MB

RPM

7200

RPM

7200

Interface

SATA 6 Gb/s

Interface

SATA 6 Gb/s

Form Factor

3.5"

Form Factor

3.5"

Options (8)

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

Options (3)

	14TB HDD $299.99
	22TB HDD $869.00
	18TB HDD $734.99

Comparison and key differences summary

Reasons to buy the Western Digital Gold 8TB:

Newer Product, it was released around 3 years later

Reasons to buy the Western Digital Purple 8TB:

2% cheaper, you can save $9.99

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