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WD 500GB Blue 2.5" 7mm SATA 6Gb/s 8MB Hard Drive

WD 500GB Blue 2.5" 7mm SATA 6Gb/s 8MB Hard Drive

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Quicklinx: F8L9WS00 Mfr#: WD5000LQVX
Discontinued

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.

  • 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
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