WD Purple Surveillance Hard Drive WD60PURX

6 TB, 3.5", CMR
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EUR47,26/1TB
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Test reportsGood based on 2 tests
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Product details

Short info: WD Purple Surveillance Hard Drive WD60PURX - Hard Drive - 6 TB - internal - 3.5" (8.9 cm) - SATA 6Gb/s - Buffer: 64 MB Group Hard Drives Manufacturer Western Digital Product Type. No.
WD60PURX EAN/UPC 8056450377096 Product Description: WD Purple Surveillance Hard Drive WD60PURX - Hard Drive - 6 TB - SATA 6Gb/s Type Hard Drive - internal Capacity 6 TB Form Factor 3.5" (8.9 cm) Interface SATA 6Gb/s Data Transfer Rate 600 MBps Buffer Size 64 MB Features Time-Limited Error Recovery (TLER), IntelliSeek, IntelliPower, Advanced Format Technology, AllFrame, Compatible with Surveillance System, S.M.A.R.T. Dimensions (width x depth x height) 101.6 mm x 147 mm x 26.1 mm Weight 750 g Detailed specifications General Information Device type Hard disk drive - internal Capacity 6 TB Form factor 3.5" (8.9 cm x 1/3H) Interface SATA 6Gb/s Buffer size 64 MB Features Time-Limited Error Recovery (TLER), IntelliSeek, IntelliPower, Advanced Format Technology, AllFrame, compatible with monitoring system, S.M.A.R.T.

Key specifications

Interface
SATA
Storage Technology
CMR
Memory Scope of application
Surveillance
Max. Speed
5400 RPM
Item number
17741212

General information

Manufacturer
Western Digital
Category
Hard drives
Manufacturer no.
WD60PURX
Release date
6.12.2021

Data storage properties

Memory Scope of application
Surveillance
Data storage interface
SATA
Form factor
3.5"
Storage capacity
6 TB
Cache
64 MB
Sustained Speed HDD
600 MB/s
Max. Speed
5400 RPM
Storage Technology
CMR

Operating conditions

Maximum operating temperature
65 °C

Noise emission

Max. noise level
25 dB

Power supply

Power consumption (standby)
4.90 W
Power consumption
5.30 W

Origin

Country of origin
Germany

Sustainability

Manufacturer commitment
SBTi

Product dimensions

Length
14.70 cm
Width
10.16 cm
Height
2.61 cm
Weight
750 g

Package dimensions

Weight
728 g

14-day cancellation right
30-day right of returnReturn policy
24 Months Statutory warrantyGuarantee provisions

Reviews & Ratings

Statutory warranty score

How often does a product of this brand in the «Hard drives» category have a defect within the first 24 months?

Source: Galaxus
  • 2.Dell
  • 3.Synology
  • 4.WD
  • 5.Seagate
  • 6.Toshiba

Statutory warranty case duration

How many working days on average does it take to process a warranty claim from when it arrives at the service centre until it’s back with the customer?

Source: Galaxus
  • 1.Seagate
  • 1.WD
  • 3.Synology
  • 3.Toshiba
  • 5.HPE

Return rate

How often is a product of this brand in the «Hard drives» category returned?

Source: Galaxus
  • 1.WD
  • 2.Synology
  • 3.Seagate
  • 4.Dell
  • 4.Toshiba
Source: Galaxus

Translation: machine translated
Overall ratingGood69/100
Good69/100Rank 6 out of 21
CHIP OnlineGroße Festplatten im Test: Bis zu 8 TByte Speicher im PCReleaseMay 2015

One of the strengths of the Western Digital Purple is its large capacity of 6 TB, but the low volume and good transfer rates also stood out positively here. However, the access times are somewhat long and the application performance is not particularly convincing.

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HardwareluxxSingle testReleaseApril 2015
  • Positivelow operating temperature
  • Positivelow power consumption
  • Positivethree years warranty
  • Positivelow operating noise
  • NegativeHigh random access time and low all-round performance (both irrelavant for the field of application)

Western Digital's Purple series are very individually tailored drives for AV/surveillance use, which are only very conditionally suitable as a replacement for desktop HDDs in normal PCs or HTPCs/recorders. The WD60PURX is particularly good when the focus is on power consumption, thermal emissions and operating noise...