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Western Digital Blue 500 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive

(92 Ratings, 4.8 Average)

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Specifications

Manufacturer

Western Digital

Part #

WDS500G2B0A

Capacity

500 GB

Type

SSD

Form Factor

2.5"

Interface

SATA 6.0 Gb/s

NVME

No

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Random Read Throughput QD1

34.1 MB/s (#211 of 352 tested)

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    Reviews

    gaborkerek86
    • 3 points
    • 24 days ago

    from completed build AM5 upgrade for the future

    Kept it from my old builds, I can't be bothered to keep reinstalling windows so it stayed with me. I bought it in 2019 September and had zero issues with it since, so can`t be anything else than 5 stars.

    RagingPc
    • 7 points
    • 4 months ago

    from completed build Sleek Shadow

    Great ssd decent speed especially as a OS drive. and for the price you can't go wrong with this.

    kjax84-
    • 3 points
    • 4 months ago

    from completed build Old Parts New Case

    Good drive, but SATA is starting to show its weakness. No issues after 4 years of moderate use though.

    Kyrtapy
    • 3 points
    • 5 months ago

    from completed build Third PC I built

    Great SSD, I'm using it for 6 years now and still going strong with 95% health left.

    DatKidOreo
    • 7 points
    • 5 months ago

    from completed build Moderate gaming build

    Fast ssd storage. Nothing more to say.

    Erisdelta
    • 3 points
    • 7 months ago

    It's an SSD with good quality nand flash chips, that said it does not have on board DRAM and isn't the fastest. If you got an old system without NVMe support this is alright else avoid it and get an NVMe.

    teewrecks
    • 5 points
    • 1 year 2 months ago

    from completed build Pandemic Machine

    No complaints - solid and reliable. I ended up adding a 1TB M.2 (also WD Blue) just for applications and games as I ran into storage constraints after awhile.

    JPM1990
    • 5 points
    • 1 year 4 months ago

    from completed build Plex Server

    I had this as a spare already so saved ~$40 on a new SDD but just using the one I have

    thepcman12345678910
    • 3 points
    • 1 year 5 months ago

    from completed build The Anonanonizer

    I mean, it works, a bit slow though, but everyone already knows that.

    NITEHAWKX
    • 4 points
    • 1 year 8 months ago

    from completed build ITX Time

    Old but gold. First SSD I've bought and I use it for my boot drive. Not much to say about it besides that it works and gets the job done.

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