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WD Gold HDD Spec and Price in Canada

SATA4TB7200 RPM

WD Gold is the single-drive enterprise line, positioned below the Ultrastar data-center drives: 7200rpm CMR with a five-year warranty, per the WD data sheet. The 4-10TB capacities are air drives with a 256MB cache; from 12TB up they move to helium, a longer MTBF rating, and — at 16TB — a 512MB cache. It is the common choice for workstation builds and small servers that want enterprise reliability without data-center firmware, with sustained throughput of 255-262 MB/s across the capacities here.

Current best price
From $989.99at Newegg Canada · captured 2026-09-09View at Newegg Canada

Captured periodically and may have changed.

Price history

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  • 8TB
  • 12TB
  • 16TB
April 7, 2026112 capturestoday · $1,240.68

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Specifications

Capacity
4TB
Interface
SATA
Sequential read
255 MB/s
Sequential write
255 MB/s
Rotation speed
7200 RPM
Form factor
3.5-inch
Cache
256 MB
Warranty
5 years

Capacities

ConfigurationPart numberRotation speedCacheCurrent best price
4TBWD4003FRYZ7200 RPM256 MB—
8TBWD8004FRYZ——
$1,240.68

at Amazon.ca · captured 2026-09-15

10TBWD102KRYZ7200 RPM256 MB—
12TBWD121KRYZ——

$749.50

Price too old to confirm

16TBWD161KRYZ7200 RPM512 MB
$989.99

at Newegg Canada · captured 2026-09-09

Guides for this category

How much hard drive you actually needWhat a mechanical drive is still for beside an SSD, how to size it for the pile you are offloading, and why a cheap high-capacity drive can be slow.Portable vs desktop hard driveWhat the enclosure decides between a bus-powered 2.5-inch drive and a mains-powered 3.5-inch one, and why an external listing carries fewer numbers.

What owners and reviewers say

Summarised from 2 source(s), reviewed September 13, 2026. A source is counted only where it names this model exactly. How we track prices

Commonly praised

  • Offers industry-leading areal density aimed at lowering data-centre cost of ownership.
  • Rated for a long mean time between failures under a five-year warranty, with advanced recording and sealing technology.
  • Delivered strong lab throughput including random results close to the reference drive.
  • Owners report strong sequential performance, with figures around 175 MB/s and a noticeable step up from the drive it replaced.
  • Owners running them in arrays or surveillance recorders report long, reliable service.
  • Owners consider them worth a modest premium over consumer drives.

Commonly criticised

  • Carries a price premium as a newly introduced high-capacity drive, a solid but not ground-breaking update.
  • Several owners describe loud startup chatter and thumping that settles after spin-up.
  • Some units arrive dead or physically damaged, and owners urge a full write test on arrival.

Sources behind this summary

Sources

Every spec above was pulled from one of these — a field a source didn't state was left off rather than estimated.