Western Digital 12TB WD Blue Internal Hard Drive HDD

Specifications

Capacity

12TB

Interface

SATA III

Form Factor

3.5-inch

Warranty

2 years

Brand

Western Digital

Price / TB

$42.08/TB

Value Score Breakdown

Our Verdict

The WD Blue 12TB (WD120EAGZ) is the largest desktop hard drive in WD's mainstream line, spinning at 7,200 RPM with a 512MB cache and a 2-year warranty, backed by the WD Blue line's record of more than 57,000 Amazon ratings at 4.6 stars. Twelve terabytes is enough for a large media library, years of photos and full PC backups on one drive. The faster spindle and large cache help with big file transfers compared with 5,400 RPM drives. WD Blue drives are rated for desktop workloads, not round-the-clock NAS use, where a WD Red Plus or Seagate IronWolf is the right choice, and their 2-year warranty is shorter than the 3 to 5 years of NAS and performance drives. Choose the WD Blue 12TB for maximum single-drive capacity in a desktop; keep the operating system on an SSD.

How it compares

Rank

#5 of 12 Hard Drives by Value Score

Buyer rating

Rated above the Hard Drives average by Amazon buyers

Warranty

2-year, the most common for Hard Drives