Description
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.
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The original
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
- Width
- 69.85 mm
- Depth
- 100.2 mm
- Height
- 6.8 mm
- Weight
- 95 g
Performance
- Drive Transfer Rate
- 600 MBps (external)
- Spindle Speed
- 5400 rpm
Reliability
- 24x7 Operation
- Yes
- Non-Recoverable Errors
- 1 per 10^14
- Start / Stop Cycles
- 600,000
Expansion & Connectivity
- Interfaces
- 1 x SATA 6 Gb/s
- Compatible Bay
- 2.5"
Power
- Power Consumption
- 1.4 Watt (read/write) , 0.5 Watt (idle) , 0.2 Watt (standby) , 0.2 Watt (sleep)
Miscellaneous
- Compliant Standards
- RoHS 2011/65/EU
Manufacturer Warranty
- Service & Support
- Limited warranty - 2 years
Environmental Parameters
- Min Operating Temperature
- 0 °C
- Max Operating Temperature
- 60 °C
- Min Storage Temperature
- -40 °C
- Max Storage Temperature
- 65 °C