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Compare Western Digital Purple 8TB vs Black 8TB

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

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Western Digital Purple 8TB

Western Digital Black 8TB

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Brand

Western Digital

Brand

Western Digital

Model

WD8001PURP

Model

WD8001FZBX

Release Date

📅 May 2021

Release Date

📅 August 2020

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Price/GB

$0.04

Price/GB

$0.01

GB/$1

26.67

GB/$1

66.67

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 (3)

	14TB HDD $299.99
	22TB HDD $869.00
	18TB HDD $749.99

Options (5)

	4TB Hard Drive $205.48
	6TB Hard Drive $149.99
	2TB Hard Drive $99.97
	10TB Hard Drive $465.00
	500GB Hard Drive $127.35

Comparison and key differences summary

Reasons to buy the Western Digital Purple 8TB:

4% cheaper, you can save $19.45
Newer Product, it was released around 8 months later

Reasons to buy the Western Digital Black 8TB:

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