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WD Blue 6TB

WD's everyday desktop line, made for the inside of a PC tower.

Capacity
6 TB
Recording
CMR
Speed
5,400 rpm
Warranty
2 years
Failure rate
No failure data

Good for

  • A PC, or a backup copy you plug in now and then

Not for

  • A NAS (WD gives it no NAS rating)

Updated 27 Oct 2026 · Method 2.0

Who the WD Blue 6 TB is for

A PC tower suits it, or a dock for backups.

Watch out for

It isn't a NAS drive, and WD gives it no NAS bay rating. Building an array? Get a NAS or data-centre line, which comes with the rating.

No Backblaze failure rate for this one. They don't run enough of them, if any, for a figure worth quoting. WD's datasheet puts it at 23 dB idle and 27 dB seeking. Power draw is 3.1 W idle and 4.7 W working on WD's figures, or 27 kWh a year if it spends the whole year idling.

Specifications

Each value links to the Western Digital page or datasheet it came from.

WD Blue 6TB specifications
Drive type Desktop source for Drive type (documents.westerndigital.com, opens in new tab)
Capacity 6 TB source for Capacity (documents.westerndigital.com, opens in new tab)
Spindle speed 5,400 rpm source for Spindle speed (documents.westerndigital.com, opens in new tab)
Recording technology CMR source for Recording technology (documents.westerndigital.com, opens in new tab)
Cache 256 MB source for Cache (documents.westerndigital.com, opens in new tab)
Interface SATA 6Gb/s source for Interface (documents.westerndigital.com, opens in new tab)
Form factor 3.5in source for Form factor (documents.westerndigital.com, opens in new tab)
Max sustained transfer 180 MB/s source for Max sustained transfer (documents.westerndigital.com, opens in new tab)
Workload rating Not published
Warranty 2 years source for Warranty (documents.westerndigital.com, opens in new tab)
Power at idle 3.1 W source for Power at idle (documents.westerndigital.com, opens in new tab)
Power in use 4.7 W source for Power in use (documents.westerndigital.com, opens in new tab)
Noise at idle 23 dB source for Noise at idle (documents.westerndigital.com, opens in new tab)
Noise when seeking 27 dB source for Noise when seeking (documents.westerndigital.com, opens in new tab)

Sources: documents.westerndigital.com