WD - Purple 8TB Surveillance Internal Hard Drive
Price range: $214.99–257.52
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Outperforms 93% of ssds at a lower price than 58%.
$215 is 5% below the $227 category median.
$215 is 5% below the $227 category median.
Brand: WD
Category: Ssd
A WD 8 TB SATA 3.5 in. SSD with up to 215 MB/s read, 215 MB/s write.
PQS: 90 (computed 2026-03-13 07:09:10.260378+00:00)
GTIN-14: 00718037889245
Key specs
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Capacity (GB)
8000
Form factor
3.5 in.
Interface
SATA
Read speed
215 megabytes per second
Write speed
215 megabytes per second
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| Retailer | SKU | Price | Stock | Offer | Last seen |
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| Best Buy | 6569619 | 214.99 USD | Out of stock | View offer → | 2026-03-14 03:17:14.678781+00:00 |
| Newegg | 9SIA6ZPK9X5896 | 257.52 USD | In stock | View offer → | 2026-03-13 02:23:19.278621+00:00 |
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| bestbuy | 214.99 USD | Out of stock | 2026-03-14 03:17:14.678781+00:00 |
| bestbuy | 214.99 USD | Out of stock | 2026-03-13 03:26:42.813320+00:00 |
| newegg | 257.52 USD | In stock | 2026-03-13 02:23:19.278621+00:00 |
| bestbuy | 214.99 USD | Out of stock | 2026-03-12 03:16:43.927207+00:00 |
| newegg | 261.99 USD | In stock | 2026-03-12 02:23:35.737048+00:00 |
| bestbuy | 214.99 USD | Out of stock | 2026-03-11 03:14:40.436587+00:00 |
| newegg | 261.99 USD | In stock | 2026-03-11 02:13:17.957802+00:00 |
| bestbuy | 214.99 USD | Out of stock | 2026-03-10 03:24:06.334915+00:00 |
| newegg | 261.99 USD | In stock | 2026-03-10 02:20:48.720102+00:00 |
| bestbuy | 214.99 USD | Out of stock | 2026-03-09 03:24:30.773472+00:00 |
| newegg | 261.99 USD | In stock | 2026-03-09 02:23:08.293153+00:00 |
| newegg | 261.99 USD | In stock | 2026-03-08 05:46:21.136818+00:00 |
| newegg | 261.99 USD | In stock | 2026-03-06 08:40:34.481932+00:00 |
| bestbuy | 214.99 USD | Out of stock | 2026-03-06 06:26:43.307611+00:00 |
| newegg | 261.99 USD | Out of stock | 2026-03-03 02:19:03.643434+00:00 |
| bestbuy | 214.99 USD | Out of stock | 2026-03-03 02:16:33.411807+00:00 |
| newegg | 261.99 USD | Out of stock | 2026-03-02 10:42:34.283913+00:00 |
| bestbuy | 214.99 USD | Out of stock | 2026-03-02 08:36:06.509513+00:00 |
Full specs
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| Capacity (GB) | 8000 |
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| Form factor | 3.5 in. |
| Interface | SATA |
| Read speed | 215 megabytes per second |
| Write speed | 215 megabytes per second |
| Reconciled at | 2026-03-06 10:56:32.254648+00:00 |
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