WD Blue hard drives deliver solid performance and reliability while providing you with all of the space you need to hold enormous amounts of photos‎,‎ videos‎,‎ and files‎.‎ WD Blue hard drives are designed for use as primary drives in notebooks and external enclosures‎.‎

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.‎

Low Power Consumption

State‎-of‎-the‎-art seeking algorithms and advanced power management features ensure low power consumption and long battery life‎.‎

Quiet

In a notebook drive‎,‎ silence is golden‎.‎ WD’s exclusive noise reducing technologies yield one of the quietest 2.5‎-inch hard drives on the market‎.‎

Technical Specifications‎:‎

Product Specifications

• Interface‎:‎ SATA 6 Gb/s

Physical Specifications

• Formatted Capacity‎:‎ 500‎,‎107 MB
• Capacity‎:‎ 500 GB
• Form Factor‎:‎ 2.5 Inch
• User Sectors Per Drive‎:‎ 976‎,‎773‎,‎168

Performance Specifications

• Rotational Speed‎:‎ 5‎,‎400 RPM ‎(‎nominal‎)‎
• Buffer Size‎:‎ 8 MB
• Average Latency‎:‎ 5.50 ms ‎(‎nominal‎)‎

Transfer Rates

• Buffer To Host ‎(‎Serial ATA‎)‎‎:‎ 6 Gb/s ‎(‎Max‎)‎

Physical Dimensions

• Height‎:‎ 7.0 mm
• Depth‎:‎ 100.2 mm
• Width‎:‎ 69.85 mm
• Weight‎:‎ 0.09 kg