WD 500GB Blue 3D NAND SATA III 2.5″ Internal SSD (Retail)
$55.99
In stock
Description
Upgrade your computer system’s speed and capacity with the 500GB WD Blue 3D NAND SATA III 2.5″ Internal SSD. With a sequential read speed of up to 560 MB/s and 530 MB/s sequential write speed, this 2.5″ / 7mm solid-state drive is designed to deliver fast performance for demanding applications. Featuring 3D V-NAND technology, the WD Blue 3D NAND drive is built to quickly boot up your operating system and decrease load times for applications and files, making video editing and 3D modeling projects faster and more efficient. Gamers may spend less time waiting for games and levels to load and more time playing comparted to mechanical hard drives. Additionally, with no moving parts, solid-state drives are generally tougher and have a longer lifespan than mechanical drives. You can download the Western Digital SSD Dashboard to monitor your drive’s health and Acronis True Image WD Edition to clone your drives and backup your data. This drive is packaged in a retail box.
Additional information
| Weight | 0.15 lbs |
|---|---|
| Dimensions | 5 × 4 × 0.9 in |
| Storage Capacity | 500 GB |
| Supported Voltage | 5 VDC |
| Dimensions (W x H x D) | 3.94 x 2.75 x 0.28" / 100.2 x 69.85 x 7 mm |
| Storage Altitude | -1, 500 to 40, 000' / -457.20 to 12, 192 m |
| Operating Altitude | -1, 500 to 40, 000' / -457.20 to 12, 192 m |
| Storage Humidity | 5 to 95% |
| Operating Humidity | 5 to 95% |
| Storage Temperature | -67 to 185°F / -55 to 85°C |
| Operating Temperature | 32 to 158°F / 0 to 70°C |
| Storage Vibration | 4.9 G / 7 to 800 Hz |
| Operating Vibration | 5 G / 10 to 2000 Hz |
| Operating Shock | 1500 G / 0.5 ms |
| Power Draw | 52.00 mW (Active)<br />3350.00 mW (Max)<br />56.00 mW (Standby) |
| Pre-Format | None |
| Mean Time Between Failures (MTBF) | 1.75 Million Hours |
| Endurance (Total Bytes Written) | 200 TB |
| Encryption | None |
| TRIM Support | Yes |
| SMART Support | Yes |
| Flash Memory Type | 3D NAND |
| Form Factor | 2.5" (7 mm) |
| Drive Type | SSD |
| Read Speed | Random: 95, 000 IOPS<br />Sequential: 560 MB/s |
| Write Speed | Random: 84, 000 IOPS<br />Sequential: 530 MB/s |
| Interface | SATA III (6 Gb/s) |
| Warranty Length | Limited 5-Year Warranty |
Reviews (125)
125 reviews for WD 500GB Blue 3D NAND SATA III 2.5″ Internal SSD (Retail)
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Princess Johnson (verified owner) –
I have been using SSD drives for 6 or 7 years now. with the prices coming down on them, my custom builds are always loaded with them. In my studio desktop where I do audio and video production, I have 3 of the M.2 ssd drives. All are 2 TB in size running on the PCIe 4.0 interface. 2 of these drives are WD drives. Amazing speeds when transferring between the 2 drives. I have slowly removed the other standard HHDs in my system to these mid range SSD drives from Western Digital. I run Vegas Pro 18 video editing software and work with full HD multi cam projects and several 4K video projects. All of the files scattered between the SSD drives of various speeds. Never once get lag, load times with games and Windows 10 are amazing. For the Western Digital drives, the WD app to monitor them works great. Gives cortical info about the drives, easy on the fly trim function, and formats updates if needed. Every system should be running SSDs now at least on the boot drive. They are a game changer!
Gerhard Barton (verified owner) –
Easy to install and simple setup. Improved my editing software performance by getting media faster
Antonetta Bashirian (verified owner) –
Right out of the box – into an older Win 7 SATA laptop. No problems loading Win 7 from scratch. Faster (as expected) than ye olde platter drive.
Dariana Bednar (verified owner) –
I used this to replace a 256gb drive. So far this is working great and it was at a great price.
Casper Barrows (verified owner) –
These Western Digital drives are great, have installed many for my clients. The real difference is how great B&H is. They are price competitive, website is easy to navigate, and they ship fast! Never have been disappointed with a B&H purchase.
Jedediah Heaney (verified owner) –
Largest SATA SSD available and also the cheapest 4TB. Perfect for a non-bootable-OS drive of data. First one I bought dropped out (disappeared even in BIOS until cold reboot) several times overnight and had to be returned. B&H return and replacement was smooth and easy. Replacement drive has worked great.
Ned Bergstrom (verified owner) –
These drives work perfectly
Abelardo Sipes (verified owner) –
Fast, easy conversion from the standard 1TB to this 4TB. Price and delivery was cheaper and faster than from the manufacturer, too.
Perry Konopelski (verified owner) –
Great product, great price, prompt delivery. What more could one ask?
Nico Schmidt (verified owner) –
Easy to install by yourself. Very fast, good performance.
Wilfred Lueilwitz (verified owner) –
I installed one of these in my recent build and put the operating system on it. Talk about speed! My computer boots in under a minute.
Shaun Herzog (verified owner) –
Sweet
Damien Walsh (verified owner) –
This is our go to drive for replacing old fashioned hard drives that are 1TB or less. This drive gives a great balance of performance and power savings over the old drives.
Barbara Kovacek (verified owner) –
This SSD is perfect for my external storage needs, though not perfect for everyone and maybe not the best for a system drive. The speeds I get over a fast 10 Gb/sec USB 3.1 connection are just 350-450MB/sec, not very impressive for this type of SSD, slower than other models connected the same way. But good enough for such an affordable SSD (I got mine at a steep discount), and still much faster than any hard drive. If you want an SSD for top speed or long life under heavy daily read/write loads, get a pro SATA or NVMe SSD instead. This WD Blue SSD is a good buy when all you want is more speed than a hard drive, under moderate read/write loads, at a low price. Also good for older computers that don’t have the latest high speed connectors.
Consuelo Cartwright (verified owner) –
I just upgraded my year old iMac 2TB fusion drive to this WD Blue, 4TB SSD, (including labor, 1/3 the cost of Apple new)!!! With installed programs etc., I was nearing 900 Gig, and even with the fusion drive and space becoming a premium. I didn’t like how slow it was becoming to load and work on photo editing, so this was the next step since RAM wasn’t an issue. I the WD Blue 2TB in my 2012, so it was a no-brainer to choose this new 4TB drive. Now Boot up is much quicker; Accessing and working with Lightroom and PhotoShop is almost immediate; And running multiple programs, plugins and another OS is a breese !!!!! The hard part was waiting for the 4TB SSD to come on sale.
Viola Hessel (verified owner) –
Fast, cheap, reliable!
Clotilde Jones (verified owner) –
for the price point, i highly recommend it. i got exactly what i paid for and got the results i expected to see. you just need to be realistic about your expectations and read up on forums and reviews before purchasing
Bridie Moen (verified owner) –
It’s a great product and B&H It’s the company we use to buy our electronics. They have fast shipping and delivery. Prices are better then its competitor
Alva Haag (verified owner) –
A couple of these are used to store my Lightroom and Photoshop libraries and photos. Reading and writing files are fast. I would purchase again, should the need arise.
Wilfred Spinka (verified owner) –
Just as it is. Replaced a standard hard drive. Smooth process without surprise or disappointment.