Western Digital Blue 500GB Internal Hard Drive
500GB WD WD5000LPVX Blue, 2.5" HDD, 7 mm, SATA III - 6Gb/s, 5400rpm, 8MB Cache, 5.5ms
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WD HDD BLUE 7mm - 500GB Mobile PC Drive
This version of the 500GB WD BLUE is used for Mobile PC use, this latest generation is just 7mm in height with a 2.5 inch form factor, this helps the drive to be thin and light and is compatible with most 9.5 mm drive bays. The drive has a rotation speed of 5400 rpm. The WD BLUE Mobile PC HDD’s technical highlight is it’s 6Gb/s interface, which is the latest SATA III standard. This drive in particular has a storage capacity of 500GB and has a 8MB Cache with an access time of 5.5 ms.
The WD BLUE 7 mm hard drives have a performance increase of 16% compared to the previous generation WD BLUE harddrives, it also boasts 12% longer battery life this is due to WD engineers pushing the boundaries and developing a drive so advanced, this combination of unique challanges allowed WD to create a slim and compact drive.
Build it in BLUE
WD BLUE hard drives deliver solid performance and reliability while providing you with all the space you need to hold an enormous amount of photos, videos and files. These drives are designed for use as primary drives in notebooks and external enclosures.
Trusted Engineering
Built to WD’s highest standards of quality and reliability, WD Blue offers the features and entry-level capacities that are ideal for your computing needs. WD Blue is designed by the brand that you trust with the quality you would expect for a tested, proven, everyday storage solution.
A Modern Classic
WD BLUE storage is designed and manufactured with technology found in WD’s original award-winning desktop and mobile hard drives. WD BLUE sets the baseline for everyday storage by consistently delivering improved performance over previous generations while successfully maintaining WD’s quality and reliability for over six generations. The difference is that our colors never fade, generation after generation.
Power of Choice
WD BLUE is available in a broad range of entry-level capacities, cache sizes, form factors and interfaces so you can be sure there’s a drive that’s the perfect fit for your system. However, not all hard drives are created equally and for your applications that demand more, WD gives you the power of choice.
Easy Upgrade
Acronis True Image, available as a download on the WD Support website, enables you to copy all your data to a new drive so you don't have to reinstall your operating system to get all the benefits of a new drive.
Drive with Confidence
We perform tests on hundreds of systems, configurations, and a multitude of platforms in our FIT Lab to give our customers the confidence that our drives will work in their systems for the ultimate compatibility. WD BLUE give you confidence, knowing that our storage advancements such as NoTouch Ramp Load technology are proven and reliable everyday solutions.
