WD Blue
3.5-inch PC Desktop Hard Drive

WD Blue 3.5-inch PC Desktop Hard Drive, 32 MB, 7200 rpm - 500GB

#WD5000AZLX
List Price: ~~$55.99~~
Our Price: $50.00

Reliable, everyday computing
Western Digital quality and reliability
Free Acronis True Image WD Edition software
Two-year limited warranty

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Overview

Specifications

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Overview

Reliable everyday computing

WD Blue internal hard drives deliver solid reliability for office and web applications, and they are perfect for extra storage for desktop PCs and inoffice applications. With a range of capacities and cache sizes, there’s a WD Blue internal hard drive that’s just right for you.

Tested for compatibility

WD perform tests on hundreds of systems and a multitude of platforms in our FIT Lab to give our customers confidence that our drives will work in their systems.

Low power consumption

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

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.

Two-Year Limited Warranty

As an industry-leading hard drive manufacturer, Western Digital stands behind their PC storage solutions with a 2-year limited warranty2 included with every WD Blue hard drive.

Upgrading your drive is easy

Seamlessly migrate your current system to your new Western Digital drive using Acronis True Image WD Edition software, available as a free download on the Western Digital Support site. This software enables you to copy all your data to a new drive so you don't have to reinstall your operating system to get all the benefits of a new drive.

The WD Advantage

Western Digital puts our products through extensive Functional Integrity Testing (F.I.T.) prior to any product launch. On average, each new product goes through 600,000 hours of testing. Western Digital also has a detailed Knowledge Base with more than 1,000 helpful articles. You can also call toll-free support 7 days per week in the U.S. and Canada. See the Western Digital Support site for full details. Recommended use - WD Desktop hard drives are tested and recommended for use in PCs, industrial applications and external enclosures.

Specifications

Formatted Capacity	8TB	6TB	4TB	3TB	2TB
Model Number	WD80EAZZ	WD60EZAZ	WD40EZAZ	WD30EZAZ	WD20EZBX
Form Factor	3.5-inch	3.5-inch	3.5-inch	3.5-inch	3.5-inch
Recording Technology⁴	CMR	SMR	SMR	SMR	SMR
Advanced Format (AF)	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
RoHS compliant⁵	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Performance
Interface speed Internal transfer rate⁶ (max)	6 Gb/s 185 MB/s	6 Gb/s 180 MB/s	6 Gb/s 180 MB/s	6 Gb/s 180 MB/s	6 Gb/s 215 MB/s
Cache⁷	128 MiB	256 MiB	256 MiB	256 MiB	256 MiB
RPM	5640	5400	5400	5400	5400
Reliability/Data Integrity
Load/unload cycles⁸	300,000	300,000	300,000	300,000	300,000
Non-recoverable errors per bits read	<10 in 10¹⁴	<10 in 10¹⁴	<10 in 10¹⁴	<10 in 10¹⁴	<10 in 10¹⁴
Limited Warranty²	2 years
Power Management⁹
12VDC ±10% (A, peak)	1.75W	1.75W	1.75W	1.75W	1.75W
Read/Write	6.2W	4.8W	4.8W	4.8W	5.6W
Idle	4.1W	3.1W	3.1W	3.1W	3.7W
Standby and Sleep	0.4W	0.6W	0.6W	0.6W	0.4W
Environmental¹⁰
Operating Temperature	0° to 60°C	0° to 60°C	0° to 60°C	0° to 60°C	0° to 60°C
Non-Operating Temperature	-40° to 70°C	-40° to 70°C	-40° to 70°C	-40° to 70°C	-40° to 70°C
Operating Shock (2 ms, write)	70 Gs	30 Gs	30 Gs	30 Gs	30 Gs
Operating Shock (2 ms, read)	70 Gs	65 Gs	65 Gs	65 Gs	65 Gs
Non-Operating Shock (2 ms)	250 Gs	250 Gs	250 Gs	250 Gs	350 Gs
Acoustics¹¹ - Idle Mode	25 dBA	23 dBA	23 dBA	23 dBA	25 dBA
Acoustics¹¹ - Seek Mode	30 dBA	27 dBA	27 dBA	27 dBA	27 dBA
Physical Dimensions
Height (max)	1.028 inch (26.1 mm)
Length (max)	5.787 inch (147 mm)
Width (± .01 in.)	4 inch (101.6 mm)
Weight (± 3%)	1.65 lb (0.75 kg)	1.40 lb (0.64 kg)	1.26 lb (0.57 kg)	1.26 lb (0.57 kg)	0.99 lb (0.45 kg)
Formatted Capacity	2TB	1TB	1TB	500GB	500GB
Model Number	WD20EZAZ	WD10EZRZ	WD10EZEX	WD5000AZRZ	WD5000AZLX
Form Factor	3.5-inch	3.5-inch	3.5-inch	3.5-inch	3.5-inch
Recording Technology⁴	SMR	CMR	CMR	CMR	CMR
Advanced Format (AF)	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
RoHS compliant⁵	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Performance
Interface speed Internal transfer rate⁶ (max)	6 Gb/s 180 MB/s	6 Gb/s 150 MB/s	6 Gb/s 150 MB/s	6 Gb/s 150 MB/s	6 Gb/s 150 MB/s
Cache⁷	256 MiB	64 MiB	64 MiB	64 MiB	32 MiB
RPM	5400	5400	7200	5400	7200
Reliability/Data Integrity
Load/unload cycles⁸	300,000	300,000	300,000	300,000	300,000
Non-recoverable errors per bits read	<10 in 10¹⁴	<10 in 10¹⁴	<10 in 10¹⁴	<10 in 10¹⁴	<10 in 10¹⁴
Limited Warranty²	2 years
Power Management⁹
12VDC ±10% (A, peak)	1.31W	1.2W	2.5W	1.2W	1.77W
Read/Write	4.1W	3.3W	6.8W	3.3W	6.8W
Idle	2.3W	2.5W	6.1W	2.5W	6.1W
Standby and Sleep	0.6W	0.4W	1.2W	0.4W	1.2W
Environmental¹⁰
Operating Temperature	0° to 60°C	0° to 60°C	0° to 60°C	0° to 60°C	0° to 60°C
Non-Operating Temperature	-40° to 70°C	-40° to 70°C	-40° to 70°C	-40° to 70°C	-40° to 70°C
Operating Shock (2 ms, write)	30 Gs	30 Gs	30 Gs	30 Gs	30 Gs
Operating Shock (2 ms, read)	65 Gs	65 Gs	65 Gs	65 Gs	65 Gs
Non-Operating Shock (2 ms)	350 Gs	350 Gs	350 Gs	350 Gs	350 Gs
Acoustics¹¹ - Idle Mode	21 dBA	21 dBA	29 dBA	21 dBA	29 dBA
Acoustics¹¹ - Seek Mode	26 dBA	24 dBA	30 dBA	22 dBA	30 dBA
Physical Dimensions
Height (max)	1.028 inch (26.1 mm)
Length (max)	5.787 inch (147 mm)
Width (± .01 in.)	4 inch (101.6 mm)
Weight (± 3%)	0.99 lb (0.45 kg)

¹ As used for storage capacity, 1GB = 1 billion bytes and 1TB = 1 trillion bytes. Actual user capacity may be less depending on operating environment.
² See http://support.wd.com/warranty for regional specific warranty details.
³ Not all products may be available in all regions of the world.
⁴ Implementation of SMR for the following products using SMR recording technology is device-managed SMR.
⁵ This hard drive product meets or exceeds Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS) compliance requirements as mandated by the RoHS Directive 2011/65/EU and Directive (EU) 2015/863.
⁶ 1 MB/s = 1 million bytes per second. Based on internal testing; performance may vary depending upon host device, usage conditions, drive capacity, and other factors.
⁷ Memory capacity for cache is indicated in mebibytes (MiB) and one MiB is equal to 1,048,576 bytes.
⁸ Controlled unload at ambient condition.
⁹ Power measurements at room-ambient temperature.
¹⁰ No non-recoverable errors during operating tests or after non-operating tests.
¹¹ Sound power level.

Documentation

Download the WD Blue 3.5-inch PC Hard Drive Datasheet (.PDF)

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