Western Digital 8TB WD Blue
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.
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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.
TierbudgetReleased2021-11-22
Best for
Official product specifications - mass storage
- game library
- budget upgrade
Product highlights
- Reliable everyday computing
- Western Digital quality and reliability
- Free Acronis True Image WD Edition cloning software
- Massive capacity up to 8TB* | *1TB = one trillion bytes. Actual user capacity may be less depending on operating environment.
- 2-year limited warranty
Specifications
- Capacity
- 8 TB
- Type
- HDD
- Form factor
- 3.5
- Hardware Interface
- SATA
- Data Transfer Rate
- 600 MB
- Read speed
- 185 MB/s
- Tdp
- 6 W
