With better technology comes bigger storage needs. High-resolution photos, videos, music collections, games, and other important files require a lot of storage. Handling all that media is a snap with WD Blue hard drives.
WD Blue drives are designed and manufactured with the proven technology found in WD's original award-winning desktop and mobile hard drives.
WD quality
Built to the highest standards of quality and reliability, these drives offer the features and capacity ideal for your everyday computing needs.
More options
These drives are available in a broad range of capacities, cache sizes, form factors and interfaces so you can be sure there's a drive that's the perfect fit for your system, in more ways than one.
NoTouch Ramp Load technology
The recording head never touches the disk media ensuring significantly less wear to the recording head and media as well as better drive protection in transit. SATA or PATA interface. While SATA has become the industry standard interface, WD continues to manufacture desktop drives with a PATA interface for unique or legacy systems.
Tested for compatibility
WD perform tests on hundreds of systems and a multitude of platforms in the FIT Lab to give the customers confidence that the drives will work in their systemsUpgrading your drive is easy.
The WD advantage
WD puts the products through extensive Functional Integrity Testing prior to any product launch. This testing ensures the products consistently meet the highest quality and reliability standards of the WD brand.
Specifications
Summary
Product Description
WD Blue WD5000LQVX - hard drive - 500 GB - SATA 6Gb/s
Type
Hard drive - internal
Capacity
500 GB
Form Factor
2.5"
Interface
SATA 6Gb/s
Data Transfer Rate
600 MBps
Buffer Size
8 MB
Spindle Speed
5400 rpm
Features
Enhanced Availability (EA) for 24x7 accessto data, Advanced Format technology
Dimensions (WxDxH)
69.85 mm x 100.2 mm x 6.8 mm
Weight
95 g
Manufacturer Warranty
2-year warranty
Detailed Specification
General
Device Type
Hard drive - internal
Capacity
500 GB
Form Factor
2.5"
Interface
SATA 6Gb/s
Buffer Size
8 MB
Features
Enhanced Availability (EA) for 24x7 accessto data, Advanced Format technology