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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Schuyler Hermiston (verified owner) –
Good for updating an old PC or laptop. I normally use Samsung Pro in ‘mission critical’ apps, but I’ve been pleasantly surprised by these low cost WD drives in my other PCs.
Elmo Rosenbaum (verified owner) –
I bought this for my PS4. It works great and was very easy to install. I have only been using it for about a week, but so far no problems. I have used this brand before and never had any problems with it. I would buy this again.
Montana King (verified owner) –
In general SSDs will improve the performance over mechanical hard drives, but for top performance you want a drive with the highest IOPS. This one rates decently (near 85K for both read and write) but what sealed the deal for me on this drive was the price per capacity. NOTE: If you motherboard supports M.2 SSDs, that would be faster than the SATA SSDs.
Nolan Bednar (verified owner) –
I bought this drive from B & H in June of 2021. It went bad at the beginning of November. I tried to get an RMA from Western Digital but WD would not accept my serial number. I called B & H who referred me back to WD. A month later after chatting, several calls and filling out forms WD will still not allow me to register my drive or get an RMA. I have been in the computer business for 20 years and have never had this problem. Stick to Seagate and don’t buy from B & H.
Stacy Koss (verified owner) –
I’ve been doing a lot of hard drive upgrades for people and the WD blue SSD meets the balance of performance, reliability and price. I’ve installed a lot of these with zero issues.
Eleanore Kautzer (verified owner) –
This is my second WD SSD drive. Not a hint of a problem, and the one is going very strong after a couple of years. Easy to install, well constructed, and works as expected.
Jeromy Satterfield (verified owner) –
Great second internal drive for recording.
Dashawn Grimes (verified owner) –
WORKS FINE
Gia Schoen (verified owner) –
1Tb of storage space and intelligent Solid state drive software to move your frequently used programs/data onto that additional drive. So, overtime the performance of the Disc gets better and better.
Ashlynn Beier (verified owner) –
This SSD was on sale at a great price. Awesome value, works great, no problems installing Windows.
Allan Kerluke (verified owner) –
I use this solely for gaming and it’s a huge improvement over the load times I would get with a 7200rpm HDD. I also have a Samsung 850 EVO and there’s no discernible difference in speed when it comes to gaming.
Maximilian Goodwin (verified owner) –
with gen 2 USB 2 external cases. you can expect 500 read and write speeds.
Esmeralda Johnson (verified owner) –
If you upgrade any part of your older hard disk drive laptop, this should be the first upgrade. The machine runs much faster.
Dee Keebler (verified owner) –
One of the best SSD regarding price and quality ratio. Expecially here on B&H since it cost me less then buying it in my country, so i recommend totally the ourchase of this item on B&H. Also the shippng was really fast even I am in an other continent 🙂 The write and read speed is fabulous, can be used also on the Atomos Ninja V monitor and this is one of the main reasons i have bought it, but i will purchase another also for my PC just with bigger capacity (1TB) Thank you B&H
Clarissa Leuschke (verified owner) –
nice
Tania Spinka (verified owner) –
I purchased two of these drives in May of 2021, one of them failed in November 2021. Great, I’m under warranty, I’ll get it RMA’d through Western Digital. WD says this is an OEM drive and has no warranty. B&H says it is a retail drive and should have a warranty. Only person who is losing here is me…
Elyse Hickle (verified owner) –
The responsiveness and throughput are the best of any of my SSD’s. I am getting used to a seven second cold boot. This SSD is super for spinning up and down VMs.
Lorna Kuhlman (verified owner) –
Very fast. Works great.
Carrie Marquardt (verified owner) –
Perfect so far!!
Tomas Schimmel (verified owner) –
Noticed the increase in speed immediately after installation. Considering upgrading the other 4 computers soon. Bought this one on Black Friday at a fantastic price.