WD Gold HDD Spec and Price in the United Kingdom
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.
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- 4TB
- 16TB
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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
| Configuration | Part number | Rotation speed | Cache | Current best price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4TB | WD4003FRYZ | 7200 RPM | 256 MB | £120.25 at Amazon.co.uk · captured 2026-09-15 |
| 8TB | WD8004FRYZ | — | — | — |
| 10TB | WD102KRYZ | 7200 RPM | 256 MB | — |
| 12TB | WD121KRYZ | — | — | — |
| 16TB | WD161KRYZ | 7200 RPM | 512 MB | £799.99 Price too old to confirm |
Guides for this category
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
- Newegg — 4 out of 5 (150 ratings), as of September 15, 2026
- StorageReview — review
Sources
Every spec above was pulled from one of these — a field a source didn't state was left off rather than estimated.