WD Blue 1TB Internal Hard Drive
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Western DigitalHDDSATA III3.5-inch
Specifications
- Capacity
- 1TB
- Interface
- SATA III
- Form Factor
- 3.5-inch
- Endurance
- —
- Warranty
- 2 years
- Brand
- Western Digital
- Price / TB
- $134.99/TB
Value Score Breakdown
Speed (25%)15
Endurance (20%)30
Warranty (10%)30
Reviews (10%)75
Our Verdict
The WD Blue 1TB is the capacity floor of this HDD category at $88.43 ($88.43/TB). Buying 1TB of rotational storage at this price is hard to justify against the WD Blue 8TB in this same catalog ($324.99 at $40.62/TB), which delivers 8x the storage for 3.7x the cost. The 1TB makes sense in two situations: replacing a failed 1TB boot drive in a system with only one drive bay, or filling a secondary slot where only a small amount of additional space is needed. At 4.6 stars from 57,669 reviews, the platform is reliable. For any buyer not constrained to exactly 1TB, the WD Blue 8TB provides dramatically better per-TB value at $40.62/TB versus $88.43/TB here. Buy this only if 1TB is the exact capacity requirement and the system or budget rules out a larger drive.
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