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WD - Purple 8TB Surveillance Internal Hard Drive

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Outperforms 93% of ssds at a lower price than 58%.
$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
WD - Purple 8TB Surveillance Internal Hard Drive

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

How this Ssd compares vs. 328 ssds

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Capacity 8000.0GB
93% Top 10%

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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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Full specs

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Capacity (GB)8000
Form factor3.5 in.
InterfaceSATA
Read speed215 megabytes per second
Write speed215 megabytes per second
Reconciled at2026-03-06 10:56:32.254648+00:00
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