Western Digital Blue PC Mobile 2.5" 500 GB Serial ATA III

Western Digital Blue PC Mobile 2.5" 500 GB Serial ATA III

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Brand : Western Digital
Product name : Blue PC Mobile
Product code : WD5000LPCX
GTIN (EAN/UPC) : 0718037810775
Category : Internal Hard Drives
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Long product name Western Digital Blue PC Mobile 2.5" 500 GB Serial ATA III :
500GB, 2.5", SATA 6Gb/s, 5400 RPM, 16MB
Short summary description Western Digital Blue PC Mobile 2.5" 500 GB Serial ATA III :
Western Digital Blue PC Mobile, 2.5", 500 GB, 5400 RPM
Long summary description Western Digital Blue PC Mobile 2.5" 500 GB Serial ATA III :
Western Digital Blue PC Mobile. HDD size: 2.5", HDD capacity: 500 GB, HDD speed: 5400 RPM

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AS MUCH STORAGE AS POSSIBLE FOR YOUR LAPTOP

With the highest possible aerial density inside the thinnest space, the WD Blue mobile hard drives add as much capacity as possible to your laptop PC.
STATE OF THE ART DESIGN

Designed with strong aluminum materials and a hard Tied-Shaft motor, which increases drive pinch strength as much as 30 percent. These features allow for a more rigid structure without degrading performance or increasing power consumption.

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Reviews

Updated:
2016-11-05 15:57:26

Average rating:80

Uk has collected 97 expert reviews for Western Digital Blue PC Mobile 2.5" 500 GB Serial ATA III and the average expert rating is 80 of 100. The average score reflects the expert community’s view on this product. Click below and use Uk to see all ratings, product awards and conclusions.

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Digitaltrends.com

Updated:
2016-11-05 15:57:26

Average rating:60

Western Digital has long been the gold standard for hard disk drives. Ask any PC enthusiasts what hard disk to buy, and they're almost certainly going to point you towards a WD Green or Blue. This reputation is not due to the company's cutting-edge hardwa...

Solid performance, Rated to endure plenty of use, Good warranty...
Doesn't outrun its competitors, No outstanding features...
The solid state market is very competitive right now, which has led to a plethora of choice. Western Digital's first mid-range SSD is competent, but it also doesn't stand out from the pack.We think the WD Blue's price needs to dip lower before it's the ob...

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techadvisor.co.uk

Updated:
2016-11-05 15:57:26

Average rating:80

Western Digital (WD) is well-known in the storage industry for its reliable range of hard disk drives (HDD). On 11 October 2016, SanDisk (now a WD company) released the WD Blue and Green line of SSDs to the market. In this review we look at the WD Blue 1T...

The WD Blue SSD 1TB offers consistent speeds, but comes in at a a hefty £295 price tag. The drive is overshadowed by its competitors, but nevertheless provides PC builders with more SSD alternatives...

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hardwarecanucks.com

Updated:
2016-11-05 15:57:26

Average rating:0

A mere six months ago Western Digital made the bold move of purchasing SanDisk, one of the most recognized companies in the solid state storage market. Much like Toshiba’s purchase of OCZ, this was done in an effort to reinvigorate their own solid state d...

The SSD market just got a lot more interesting but at the same time it may have lost one of its periphery players in SanDisk. On one hand this review is tinged with a bit of sadness since we’ve reviewed plenty of SanDisk drives and for the most part they...

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pcauthority.com.au

Updated:
2017-02-10 03:15:09

Average rating:80

Western Digital lagged behind other hard drive manufacturers in recent years when it came to the SSD market, but with the acquisition of Sandisk earlier this year it's obvious the company is pushing full steam ahead to catch up. Sandisk was the second lar...

". the excellent IOPS performance of the WD Blue SSD is on par with other drives in this price range. "...

nasilemaktech.com

Updated:
2017-02-15 08:57:38

Average rating:95

I'd like to introduce you to the WD Blue SSD. It has quite an interesting and inevitable fate. I think at this day and age, we all have heard about WD. They're the major leader in storage media, of course. To be honest, I've speculated that one day, WD wi...

The WD Blue SSD is a decent SSD in today's standard, and it packs quite a nice punch into SSD market too with its price/gigabyte ratio of ~RM1.27/GB. Considering that WD is backing you up with a 3-year limited warranty and one complimentary year of Kroll...

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cravingtech.com

Updated:
2017-04-15 04:57:18

Average rating:90

WD Blue SSD 1TB Review – Western Digital (WD) is well-known for their storage solutions including the traditional hard disk drives. The one resides in my computer at the moment, the WD Black 7200RPM, has a humongous 6TB of space and I can never seem to fi...

WD Blue SSD 1TB Review – Western Digital (WD) is well-known for their storage solutions including the traditional hard disk drives. The one resides in my computer at the moment, the WD Black 7200RPM, has a humongous 6TB of space and I can never seem to fi...

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liveatpc.com

Updated:
2017-06-13 01:08:37

Average rating:82

The price of storage has gown down so much over the past few years. This is reflected with the WD Blue. After averaging the price, it is only about RM 1 per gigabyte of storage – yes, this SSD is a one terabyte (1TB) model, so you can dump everything into...

Review] Western Digital Blue SSD 1TB: SSD for everyoneFast for most jobsWill you need something super-fast for daily computing needs? Not really. The WD Blue SSD proves that even a mass-market SSD can do wonders for any computer. Our test bench felt fast...

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kitguru.net

Updated:
2017-08-10 02:28:49

Average rating:85

The first WD Blue SSD to see the light of day didn't really cause that many ripples in the market. Now we have the second generation WD Blue SSD and it's a totally different animal. This time people will take notice not least because it uses leading edge...

64-layer BiCS 3D NAND, Overall performance...
3-year warranty is a little mean, Kitguru says: After the ho hum reaction to the original WD Blue and Green SSD's and the disapointment of the WD Black PCIe drives performance, WD now have a drive that may well cause some major waves in the market with go...
The original WD Blue SSD drive it would be fair to say, didn't cause much of a stir apart from the acknowledgement that WD had entered the highly competitive SSD market. However the new WD Blue SSD on the block, the Blue 3D NAND, will really stir things u...

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uk.hardware.info

Updated:
2017-08-12 04:57:27

Average rating:0

While the price of SSDs continues to drop, the ‘old' hard drive is still the cheapest way to store a lot of data. Especially in a NAS or Mini-ITX system, where there is limited physical space you probably want a drive with as much capacity as possible...

We are starting this conclusion with the 6TB-drives. The Toshiba MD04ACA 6TB and X300 6TB offer good performance in this segment for a relatively low price, but are clearly audible with noise levels that are nearly at 40 dB(A) when idle. Nevertheless th...

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vortez.net

Updated:
2017-10-31 03:56:45

Average rating:0

S or SATA M Western Digital on the Blue SSD:A WD Blue D NAND SATA SSD uses D NAND technology not only for higher capacities (up to TB than the previous generation WD Blue SSDs, but also to help reduce cell-to-cell interference for enhanced reliability...

Exemplary results in some benchmarks, Reasonably well priced for 500GB, 3-year warranty, Huge TBW rating, Neutral, - Inconsistent results...
Sequential reads are lacking somewhat...
In terms of reviewing an SSD, nothing speaks more than the benchmarks. They don't need to look particularly pretty or be incredibly lightweight, they merely need to perform.Our results show some unbelievably strong numbers in PCMark 8 and ATTO but random...

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goldfries.com

Updated:
2018-01-01 03:29:17

Average rating:100

1TB Drive from WD, you guys do know that WD owns SanDisk right?There's little to no detail on what NAND type used, even on the official product page so we'll just leave it at that.As always I test the drives based on the claims, and the WD Blue SSD is sai...

The WD Blue 3D NAND SATA SSD 1TB retails at RM 1,489.00 – so expensive? Not quite, you see even 256GB SSDs retail at around RM 400 these days so to have around 4 times of space without costing 4 times as much is excellent, after all drives often cost less...

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techporn.ph

Updated:
2019-12-22 11:04:21

Average rating:76

We've taken a look at the WD Green SSD with that one geared towards the gamers, and general consumers. Now WD decided to let us take a look at its bigger brother, the WD Blue SSD. Ours is the 1TB version, and comes with a 15, 390 retail price for your con...

The WD Blue SSD at 1TB is available now at 15, 390 PHP while the 500GB model retails for about 7, 730 PHP. Both price points are swarming with competition, and it's hard to topple the current kings of that segment with little to no extra value added solut...

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pokde.net

Updated:
2019-12-22 11:04:21

Average rating:90

Last month, Western Digital debuted its first SSD storage solutions in two variants, Western Digital Blue and Green SSD, and is available in up to 1TB capacities. Both SSD are available in 2.5-inch and M.2 form factors for PC and notebook upgrades. Pokde...

Good performance, Competitive pricing, 3-year warranty & one year complimentary data recovery service, SLC Cache to improve performance...
Plastic enclosure...
Western Digital's debut in the SSD arena is a respectable drive, with great warranty and free data recovery service for greater peace of mind for people migrating from their reliable spinning media drives...

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anandtech.com

Updated:
2016-11-05 15:57:26

Average rating:0

Five months after completing its acquisition of SanDisk, Western Digital is introducing SSDs under the WD brand for the consumer market. The WD Blue is the mainstream SATA offering and is derived from the SanDisk X400. While not exactly the first Western...

When it was first announced at the beginning of this year, the SanDisk X400 was a good value. It raised the bar for planar TLC performance and carried a reasonable mid-range price. The X400 offered OEMs a TCG Opal-compliant self encrypting drive option an...

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fudzilla.com

Updated:
2016-11-05 15:57:26

Average rating:0

After the company bought Siliconsystems Inc. in mid-2009, it indicated an interest in expanding its traditional disk drive industry into the solid-state storage market, giving it the means to form the WD Solid-State Storage Business.In May 2013, the compa...

The WD Blue 1TB is available at Newegg for the manufacturer suggested price of $299.99, which seems a bit high for a launch price when competitor products such as the OCZ Trion 150 960GB can now be purchased for $226. But it seems the company is targeting...

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thessdreview.com

Updated:
2016-11-05 15:57:26

Average rating:77

Because SSDs are taking ground in storage sales and, inversely, HDD sales falling quarter after quarter in recent years, WD had to do something more than just infuse NAND with their HDD components to maintain their competitiveness. In late 2015 we learned...

The WD Blue is the first full-fledged SSD produced by WD. Since the acquisition of SanDisk, it was only time till an SSD product was released under their brand. Overall, it is a good performer and one of the best performing planar TLC based options out. I...

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storagereview.com

Updated:
2016-11-05 15:57:26

Average rating:0

The WD Blue SSD is WD first branded SATA SSD released today. WD acquired SanDisk last year for $19 Billion, but has not released any WD branded SSDs until now. The WD Blue is a SATA SSD that comes in two form factors (2.5” or M.2) and three capacities: 25...

Strong 2MB sequential read, Known quantity based off of SanDisk X400 with some tweaks...
Poor performance in mixed workloads, Priced higher than similar performance drives, Short 3-year warranty compared to other drives...
The WD Blue is the first branded WD SSD, with multiple form factors and capacities, but underwhelming performance and warranty...

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tomshardware.com

Updated:
2016-11-05 15:57:26

Average rating:0

UPDATE 10/11/2016 8:40 AM PST - WD provided us with an incorrect MSRP prior to the launch date. Products under NDA are not listed at retailers, therefore we could not verify the information given to us. We corrected the article and altered the conclusion...

Excellent mainstream performance, Software suite included...
High price, Aging software toolbox...
The Western Digital Blue shows us that old storage companies have a hard time evolving from their old ways. The Blue 1TB SSD delivers increased performance over many mainstream SSDs, but it still doesn't match every virtue of the 850 EVO. Priced at $2...

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legitreviews.com

Updated:
2016-11-05 15:57:26

Average rating:0

WD is taking another stab at the Solid-State Drive market after purchasing SanDisk earlier this year by releasing the WD Green and WD Blue SSD series. The WD Green SATA consumer SSD is aimed at the entry-level market whereas the the WD Blue SATA Consumer...

The WD Blue 1TB SSD is the flagship drive of the WD Blue series and is yet another planar TLC NAND powered drive aimed at the mainstream market. At the very highest level, this is basically the SanDisk X400 drive that came out earlier this year with re-t...

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pcmag.com

Updated:
2016-11-20 04:23:36

Average rating:0

In the world of solid-state drives (SSDs), where the performance floor is inherently fast, the amount of storage you get for the price becomes all the more important. Competitive pricing goes a long way, as Western Digital is demonstrating off the heels o...

Competitive pricing, Solid performance...
1TB storage maximum, Drive migration software is not included...
The WD Blue SSD neatly occupies the area between budget and high-performance storage, offering a fast, but cost-effective internal solid-state drive...

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gearlive.com

Updated:
2017-02-14 05:12:43

Average rating:0

For decades, Western Digital has been recognized as one of the very few leaders in the world of storage and hard drives. If you open up that pre-built computer you bought, there's a good chance that on the inside you'll find a Western Digital-branded driv...

The WD Blue SSD is a solid (no pun intended) drive for the money. Blue is an appropriate color here, as it reminds me of a blue-collar worker. It does its work and gets the job done without fuss. Hard drives and SSDs aren't particularly exciting, but you...

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funkykit.com

Updated:
2018-02-05 02:09:23

Average rating:0

Thanks to Western Digital, we'll be taking a quick look at their WD BLUE 1TB 3D NAND SSD (2.5″ form factor). The 1TB model we'll be reviewing uses the latest 3D NAND technology and boasts a read speed of up to 560MB/sec with a write speed of up to 530MB/s...

1TB capacity, 3D NAND Technology, Very good performance, Fast Marvell 88SS1074 controller...
Expensive – Due to volatile memory prices, Final Thoughts, The Western Digital BLUE 1TB 3D NAND SSD is a must have, for anyone who wants a large and fast storage device, that can also be used as a boot drive. For the extreme content creators… you now have...
The Western Digital BLUE 1TB 3D NAND SSD is a must have, for anyone who wants a large and fast storage device, that can also be used as a boot drive. For the extreme content creators… you now have the option to use a high capacity, super-fast and insane s...

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hardwaresecrets.com

Updated:
2018-07-04 19:35:48

Average rating:0

We tested the 1,000 GiB WD Blue SSD from Western Digital. Let's seek how does it perform.After acquiring SanDisk last year, Western Digital (WD) launched the WD Blue SSD family, which is a mainstream line, and the WD Green, which are aimed to low cost and...

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pcmag.com

Updated:
2020-08-18 16:23:12

Average rating:80

As one of the few remaining giants of the hard drive space (alongside Seagate and Toshiba), Western Digital (WD) ships plenty of drives, both in pre-built laptops and desktops, and as bare drives for everything from servers to DIY system builds. But every...

Performance hovers (mostly) between lower-cost budget drives and pricier Samsung SSD 850 EVO, Competitive pricing at launch...
Lagging sequential-write performance, Capacity tops out at 1TB, No bundled drive-cloning/migration software...
WD's first SSD since its acquisition of SanDisk nicely threads the performance-and-price needle. This is a solid first showing that should satisfy most consumers who aren't obsessed with benchmarks and maximum possible speed...

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