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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Camden Huels (verified owner) –
Pros: I got this SSD HD to replace and improve (The orginal HD was a Western Digital 1 TB WD Blue SATA II 5200 RPM 8 MB Cache) the performance issues that this laptop had been having which was mainly due to the growing resource demands over the years from the newer Windows Operating Systems (Going from Windows 7 to Windows 10) and the newer requirements from the current software as well. Once I installed the new SSD the difference was literally night and day, the boot up from Bios to Operating System (Windows 10) was almost literally instantaneous (I would say 10 to 15 seconds), the response time on applications and any action in general was also instantaneous. Only recommendation I would make is to make sure the BIOS on your laptop/PC is current so there are no compatibility issues with the SSD. Overall I could not be happier, This will unfortunately will be that last upgrade that I will be able to do this Laptop (and my Wife’s Dell XPS laptop, they are both the same age and most specs are the same) since I have literally maxed out all up-gradable areas on this Laptop (See the system system specs below). I would highly recommend this SSD Hard Drive. Cons: Western Digital is a pretty good brand when it comes to HDDs/SDDs.
Janiya Schinner (verified owner) –
The drive was very easy to install and format. I am using it as a scratch drive for Adobe Premiere CC, and I love it. It is fast. I am already seeing performance gains in the editing process.
Bernard Padberg (verified owner) –
World great right out of the box looking forward to get another one
Golden Tillman (verified owner) –
Super fast for what it is. Boot times are quick and games load so fast I can’t read the loading screen tips anymore.
Korbin Kreiger (verified owner) –
Right product Right price, and it arrive before the promised delivery date, nothing short of a 1st Class operation. When companies ask their clients to submit a review, they know that they are nothing short of a 1st CLASS operation or they wouldn’t ask !!!!
Nedra Pollich (verified owner) –
Yup!
Reagan Jaskolski (verified owner) –
This drive is amazing
Gerard Reinger (verified owner) –
great product, super easy to install, professional customer service from b&h
Shaun D’Amore (verified owner) –
Good HD’s at good price and delivered fast.
Marty Cummings (verified owner) –
I am going to install it on a new computer, going to see how it works
Jett Hoeger (verified owner) –
Yeap, using the SSD card is a lot faster than HHD cards. Work great.
Eloy Kunde (verified owner) –
Item was accurately described to help me choose which one fits my old laptop. Works great.
Brycen Morissette (verified owner) –
Working great with my Atomos Ninja V!! do a google search for Atomos Master Caddy Micro Case and click on the Etsy link for a nice surprise if using it as a drive for the Ninja 😉
Maximillia Pfeffer (verified owner) –
The only negative comment I have is that it took a couple of tries to initialize the drive using the Western Digital Acronis True Image cloning software. Once I cloned the original hard disk, this SSD went to work immediately The boot speed was phenomenal and programs open flawlessly. Best 1TB SSD I have used. I hope it is as reliable as my old HDD drives that I have used in the past.
Grady Bogan (verified owner) –
Works exactly as intended. Fast, reliable. Great value compared to competitors.
Andrew Thompson (verified owner) –
Budget piece. Acronis support software is a nice bonus. Formatted quickly, took to the partitions without issue. Using a USB to SATA cable I cloned about 300 gb in 4.5 hours. Would be a 5 star, but the packaging was insufficient, the envelope was insufficient, and the internal packaging was a plastic casing. Not what I expected but it runs great nevertheless.
Breanna Crooks (verified owner) –
Upgrade your old PC!!
Jeromy Boehm (verified owner) –
The WD Blue SSD has a great performance to price ratio however, it seems to have some firmware compatibilities with certain Mac EFI firmwares. This drive was ordered to be installed as a second drive in a MacBookPro 15 (mid 2012) but it seems to be incompatible with that Mac EFI firmware. When plugged into an external SATA/USB adapter it worked just fine. It also worked when installed internally on an old MacPro just not on the MacBookPro (The system refuses to erase/partition it throwing an error). I had a smaller Samsung SSD in that same slot which works just fine so, it is obvious that it is a strange incompatibility between the MacBookPro 9,1 EFI firmware only.
Marion Gibson (verified owner) –
It is working great! It needed a SATA cable and 3.5 rails then formatted and is much faster. I couldn’t find it in stock anywhere else but B&H had it in stock and on sale.
Maida Turcotte (verified owner) –
would buy again