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Compare Western Digital Purple 8TB vs 8TB Gold

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Western Digital Purple 8TB and Western Digital 8TB Gold are both hard disk drives with the same Capacity (8000 GB), Cache (256MB) and RPM (7200).
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Western Digital Purple 8TB Surveillance SATA 6 Gb/s 256 MB Cache 3.5" WD8001PURP
Western Digital Purple 8TB
Western Digital 8TB Gold 7200 RPM SATA 6 Gb/s 256 MB Cache 3.5" WD8004FRYZ
Western Digital 8TB Gold
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$455.00
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In Stock
$341.99
Out of Stock
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$447.45
In Stock
$524.45
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Brand
Western Digital
Brand
Western Digital
Model
WD8001PURP
Model
WD8004FRYZ
Release Date
📅 May 2021
Release Date
📅 September 2019
* First availability for purchase, it may not correspond to the actual market launch date.
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Price/GB
$0.04
Price/GB
$0.02
GB/$1
26.67
GB/$1
40
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"
Western Digital Gold 18TB 18TB
$977.79
WD Gold 1TB Enterprise 1TB
$80.56
Western Digital Gold 16TB 16TB
$700.00
WD Gold 14TB WD141KRYZ 14TB
$599.45
Western Digital 4TB Gold 4TB
$149.99
Western Digital 10TB Gold 10TB
$400.00
WD Gold 12TB 12TB
$476.99
Western Digital 6TB Gold 6TB
$454.45

Comparison and key differences summary

Reasons to buy the Western Digital Purple 8TB:

  • Newer Product, it was released around 19 months later

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Reasons to buy the Western Digital 8TB Gold:

  • 25% cheaper, you can save $113.01

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