The WD Purple 3TB WD30PURX is a 3TB SATA-6G HDD in new condition. It is in stock at $173.00 - $57.67/TB.
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| Drive | Interface | Cond | $/TB | Price | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HGST HUS724030ALS640 3TB SAS 6G | SAS-6G | Refurb | $15.13 | $45.39 | Buy on Amazon |
| Seagate Constellation ES.2 3TB SAS Enterprise | SAS-6G | Refurb | $16.00 | $48.00 | Buy on Amazon |
| HGST Ultrastar HUS723030ALS640 3TB SAS 6G | SAS-6G | Refurb | $18.33 | $55.00 | Buy on Amazon |
| HGST HUS724030ALA640 3TB SATA Enterprise | SATA-6G | Refurb | $33.15 | $99.44 | Buy on Amazon |
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The WD Purple 3TB WD30PURX is a 3TB SATA-6G enterprise drive at $57.67/TB - Verify recording technology before use in RAID. New unit with full manufacturer warranty.
Against every other drive we have an in-stock price for today, this one is cheaper per tb than 68% of them (165 of 242). The cheapest we can currently buy is $14.99/TB; the middle of the market is $38.47/TB.
These are third-party figures about the retail market as a whole, quoted and dated. They are not our own measurements and they do not describe this specific drive.
Resolved against manufacturer compatibility lists we read and dated, capped at 4. Vendor-listed means the manufacturer names this exact part number; fit-verified is our own check of form factor, interface and recording technology against a published requirement. Neither is a guess, and a drive the registry cannot resolve shows nothing here rather than a maybe. How compatibility actually works
Yes. At our last check it was $173.00 ($57.67 per terabyte at its 3TB capacity), sold new under ASIN B00IMPO5N8. Amazon sets the final price at checkout.
This listing (WD30PURX, ASIN B00IMPO5N8) carries no renewed, recertified, refurbished or pulled claim in its title, and Amazon reports it as new. On this site that is what "new" means: sold as factory-new.