Western Digital 8TB WD Blue

Brand: Western Digital
Model: 8TB WD Blue
UPC: 718037894157

$351–$388estimated range · from catalog price Sep 2, 2026

WD Blue 8TB (WD80EAZZ) budget 3.5" SATA HDD from 2021: CMR, 5640 RPM, 128MB cache, ~185MB/s—good for mass storage and game libraries.

Storage performance rankTop 63% of storage drives

TierBudget?

ReleasedNov 2021

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Capacity8 TB

TypeHDD

InterfaceSATA

Read speed185 MB/s

Form factor3.5

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Product overview

Western Digital’s WD Blue 8TB (WD80EAZZ) launched in November 2021 as part of the WD Blue 3.5-inch desktop HDD family. It’s a 3.5-inch SATA drive using CMR, 5640 RPM platters and 128 MB cache, with a manufacturer rating up to 185 MB/s.

Positioned in the budget tier, it exists to deliver lots of capacity at low cost for desktops where SSD speed isn’t required. It’s well-suited to mass storage and large game libraries, and as a budget upgrade to add space to a PC. Unique note: this 8TB Blue uses CMR rather than SMR recording.

Best for

mass storage
game library
budget upgrade

Official product specifications

Specifications

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Capacity8 TB