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WD Blue 500GB Desktop Hard Disk Drive - 7200 RPM SATA 6 Gb/s 16MB Cache 3.5 Inch - WD5000AAKX

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Digital Storage Capacity 500 GB
Hard Disk Interface eSATA
Connectivity Technology SATA
Brand WD
Special Feature Portable
Hard Disk Form Factor 3.5 Inches
Hard Disk Description Mechanical Hard Disk
Compatible Devices Desktop
Installation Type Internal Hard Drive
Color Blue

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  • IntelliSeek: Calculates optimum seek speeds to lower power consumption, noise and vibration.
  • Data LifeGuard: Advanced algorithms monitor your drive continuously so it stays in optimum health.
  • NoTouch Ramp Load Technology: Safely positions the recording head off the disk surface to protect your data.
  • 2-year seller waranty
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4.4 out of 5 stars
4.4 out of 5
5,355 global ratings

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Customers like the storage space, noise, and ease of installation of the hard drive. For example, they mention it has more than enough storage space for the average user, runs very quietly, and is easy to install. Customers appreciate the value for money, and say it's great for budget-based builds. They also appreciate performance, and quality. That said, some complain about the speed.

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437 customers mention377 positive60 negative

Customers like the performance of the computer drive. They mention that it's fast, quiet, and has worked fine for the last month. They also experience zero problems with operations, and say that it is much quieter than the original. Customers also say that the drive is perfect, has no bad sectors, and is reliable.

"I use these for my mass off-line storage. They work great. I have retrieved project data more than 10 years old." Read more

"...To summarize - these drives are fast, quiet, and so far are performing excellently. I'm very happy with them thus far." Read more

"...I've only used this particular one for a week. As expected, no problems...." Read more

"...The hard drive is fast (for the price) and reliable...." Read more

381 customers mention303 positive78 negative

Customers like the quality of the hard drive. They say it's a good purchase, excellent overall, and perfect for a reliable value hard drive that still has fast speeds. Customers also say the drives are good genuine WD Blue hard drives and that it has stood the test of time. They also say it is the best mid-range hard drive out there and that the drives operate quietly.

"...random DVD burner1080p TV with HDMI in and decent speakers" Read more

"...Western Digital is a very good brand and if you were to say go to Staples to buy this Hard drive I doubt you would pay less than $70 for it...." Read more

"The drives themselves are good genuine WD Blue hard drives. That pretty much says it all. Now the packaging on the other hand is was not so great...." Read more

"...Protected the drive but was easy to open and not wasteful...." Read more

177 customers mention170 positive7 negative

Customers like the value of the hard drive. They say it's great for budget-based builds, provides extra storage at a cheap price, and fits the bill for gaming and light audio recording.

"...this product and the price (i paid only $37 i believe) , the price is outstanding!5 years ago this would've cost you $400 or more...." Read more

"...It is the cheapest hard drive that will get the job done as a system drive and still have some storage space to work with...." Read more

"...This was one of the best values out there at the time and while for the price I could have gotten a 1 TB drive a few months earlier I will live..." Read more

"...Just remember that. Overall its a great product for the price :)" Read more

111 customers mention92 positive19 negative

Customers like the noise level of the computer drive. They mention that it runs very quietly.

"...To summarize - these drives are fast, quiet, and so far are performing excellently. I'm very happy with them thus far." Read more

"...Such is life. At least it's quiet. I'm typing this review on the very quiet office desktop this drive went into...." Read more

"...I get a 5.9 out of it. It's very quiet despite some other reviewers. I don't hear much of anything when the drive is accessed...." Read more

"...It also appears to be quieter than my old Hitachi, which I moved over to the new system and is being used as a secondary hdd...." Read more

110 customers mention106 positive4 negative

Customers find the installation of the computer drive to be easy. They mention that the packaging it came in was very straight forward without any hassles. They say that it installs perfectly and performs without error. They also say that the change over makes this a breeze, and that they had no trouble partitioning and loading the OS. They appreciate that the transferring over of games was painless and that the drive works fine and is ready to use.

"...so far, it only has 40GB of game data on it, but transferring over the games was painless and they launch perfectly...." Read more

"Easy install in the computer case, easy to get ups fb running with a fresh install of Windows...." Read more

"...I plugged it in, and I had no trouble partitioning and loading the OS...." Read more

"...They have a long life, outstanding tools to help you install or maintain the drive, and even diagnostics should your drive go squish...." Read more

46 customers mention40 positive6 negative

Customers like the storage space of the hard drive. They say it has more than enough space for the average user, is a good 500GB SATA III hard drive for the price, and is useful for backups of systems. Some say it's larger than their previous hard drive and an exact match for capacity and speed.

"...The 500 GB drive is plenty of disk space. It replaced a 160 GB drive...." Read more

"...I wanted a drive that was responsive, reliable, had plenty of reserve since my son is a university student and uses the desktop for his many..." Read more

"...Its not as fast as an ssd by any means, but it holds the extra junk that would take up precious space on your ssd wonderfully...." Read more

"...I love this hard drive. It's fairly quick, has ample amount of space, and has stood the test of time in my eyes...." Read more

22 customers mention18 positive4 negative

Customers like the heat of the computer drive. They mention that it runs cool, emits significant heat, and sits at 36 degrees Celsius at heavy use and 34 degrees Celsius when idle. Some say that the drive is quiet and runs at steady reasonable temps.

"...drives typically last a long time for me as long as they have decent cooling. I've only used this particular one for a week...." Read more

"...seeing as two drive run now instead of just one and heat difference is also negligible and if this drive performs as good as my 320GB, this is..." Read more

"...When I test it for errors, it comes up good, and does not show any heat issues. It appears to be OK!..." Read more

"...30 seconds. I never hear the hard drive itself, and the temperature sits at 36 at heavy use, 34 at idle...." Read more

26 customers mention0 positive26 negative

Customers are dissatisfied with the speed of the hard drive. They mention that it is noticeably slower than the stock, getting speeds as low as 1 MB/s, and that it starts to suffer dramatic speed loss as soon as it exceeds about 50% of its capacity. Customers also say that it's fine for storage but not high-end performance, and starts to have long boot times after 1 year.

"It's neither the fastest hard drive nor is it the biggest. It's not even close...." Read more

"...this is basic and run of the mill and is fine for storage but not high-end performance...." Read more

"...Good Stuff:It is a bit quicker than average in my testing, but nothing to brag about. It runs cooler than normal in load testing by a bit...." Read more

"...When they failed they just became very slow so the data could still be copied off using a drive dock so that was at least nice...." Read more

This is a 4 year old drive!
3 Stars
This is a 4 year old drive!
This drive appears to be new, as it was sealed in what appears to be the manufacturer's original anti-static bag. I was a little surprised when I opened the bag to see that this drive was over four years old. I have a lot of experience with Western Digital drives, and because of that experience I believe this drive will probably provide excellent service. I am not aware of any studies on shelf life for new (in the box) drives. I would imagine there is a possible concern about lubricants within the drive drying out from sitting for several years on the shelf. My point here is that the vendor should have (in my opinion) been more transparent about the age of this drive. I am deducting two stars for this lack of transparency. Not because of the product-- but because of the vendor. This model HDD would typically get five stars. The vendor would get one.
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Al D
5.0 out of 5 stars Good value for data storage
Reviewed in the United States on April 28, 2024
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I use these for my mass off-line storage. They work great. I have retrieved project data more than 10 years old.
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Howard
5.0 out of 5 stars Fast, quiet, solid
Reviewed in the United States on February 20, 2011
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My use for these drives is to replace a couple of aging five year old 80GB drives in Windows XP and XP Media Center machines. Those drives are still running fine, however, for the price, I had absolutely no reason not to upgrade them at this time.

I came across this drive middle of last week and Amazon was selling it new for $29 - I was scratching my head thinking "what's the deal" and "what's wrong with these drives"? Sure, even though they were above $25, Amazon was still charging for the shipping - so I took two to bring the per drive shipping down slightly. The old 3Gb version of this drive was selling for over $40 - so again, scratching my head about this. Maybe it was a pricing mistake? Whatever - it was a great price.

The drives arrived yesterday, same standard OEM packaging all of my six other WD drives have come in over the past 9 months. I used Clonezilla to clone the old drives on to the new, it went smoothly without any issues. I'm storing the old drives just in case these new ones have any issues I won't have to rebuild the system drives from scratch.

I know that the motherboards in my machines cannot make use of the 6Gb throughput, however, these drives are definitely faster than what they're replacing - older WD drives which indicate they are 7200RPM and 3Gb. Specs on the older drives indicate performance shouldn't be all that different, but it is, and for the better. I won't question it.

The drive indicates you can jumper pins 5 and 6 to limit it to 3Gb, but I didn't understand the benefit of doing it, so I left it unjumpered and it's working well.

To summarize - these drives are fast, quiet, and so far are performing excellently. I'm very happy with them thus far.
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Tyler Forge
5.0 out of 5 stars Good drive at a good price
Reviewed in the United States on August 15, 2011
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I'm overall happy with this drive. Western Digital drives typically last a long time for me as long as they have decent cooling. I've only used this particular one for a week. As expected, no problems. Am reviewing it now because it'll probably be quiet a few years before it fails. I've a touch of buyers remorse in that the 1TB drives are starting to really drop in price now. I think they're the best bang for buck at the moment. Such is life. At least it's quiet. I'm typing this review on the very quiet office desktop this drive went into. I can hear crickets outside and a computer in a different room, but can't hear this little PC two feet away. Here's the build:

 Thermaltake Mini ITX Case
ASRock E350M1 Mini-ITX Motherboard
Western Digital 500 GB Drive
G.SKILL 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3 1333 Memory F3-10600CL9D-8GBNT
random DVD burner
1080p TV with HDMI in and decent speakers
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One Eye Willy
4.0 out of 5 stars Western Digital Blues Rock
Reviewed in the United States on March 1, 2012
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Thanks Amazon for my 20 dollar promo.This was based on a previous order,but the A to Z policy took care of the problem.I have been using Western Digital drives for years.I've had only (1) drive fail over the years.RMA was easy.Cost 6 dollars to send back drive.Replacement works fine.

I just bought a Black and Blue.Using the Blue 500 GB for just a boot drive,and the(1) TB for gaming.

The Western Digital Caviar Blue 500 GB SATA III 7200 RPM 16 MB Cache are great for boot drives.I bought this here for 66 dollars with promo :)I dont need a large cache for a boot drive.This drive has SATA 6Gb/s support and my motherboard also supports this feature.I also picked up a WD BLK 1TB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5 drive which compliments this drive perfectly,on the new 6Gb/s interface

This covers all my storage,warranty,and gaming needs until ssd prices stabilize.I was able to get both drives for 210 out the door with promo.Amazon rocks.New Egg and other popular venders should take note.Pricing and frustration free packaging makes Amazon my #1 choice.

My specs
Antec DF-85 Black Steel/ATX Full Tower Computer Case
ASUS VH236HL-P Black 23" 2ms(GTG) HDMI Widescreen Full HD 1080P LCD Monitor w/height & swivel
GIGABYTE GA-970A-UD3 AM3+ AMD 970 USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard
AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition Deneb 3.2GHz @ 3.8GHz w/1.35v on cpu-vcore
Cooler Master Hyper 212 Plus w/2 fans Idle:24C-45C
Corsair Vengeance Low Profile 8 GB PC3-12800 1600mhz 240-Pin DDR3 Dual
EVGA GeForce GTX 560 Ti FPB 1024 MB GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 2DVI/Mini-HDMI
Logitech X-540 5.1 Surround Sound Speaker System with Subwoofer
Corsair Enthusiast Series 750-Watt 80 Plus Bronze
(1)Western Digital Caviar Blue 500 GB SATA III 7200 RPM 16 MB Cache BOOT
(1)Western Digital Caviar Black WD1002FAEX 1TB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" GAMING
(2)Western Digital Caviar Black WD7501AALS 750GB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5"STORAGE
(2) LITE-ON 24X DVD Writer Black SATA Model iHAS424-98 LightScribe Support
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Robert M. Tomczyk
5.0 out of 5 stars Big hard drive for not so big price :)
Reviewed in the United States on August 3, 2011
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I've already had a Western Digital (500 GB) HDD installed in my PC (well it wasn't the same model but the same brand and capacity)
All I can say is the item is very good from a very good company.
Now between the 2 Hard drives in my desktop I have 1TB of space.
Western Digital is a very good brand and if you were to say go to Staples to buy this Hard drive I doubt you would pay less than $70 for it.
The hard drive is fast (for the price) and reliable.
Also even if you've never installed a hard drive in your PC before it isn't rocket science and it is well worth it.
So i would recommend this to anyone who's running out of space and who's other hard drive is about to croak.
Overall I am very satisfied with this product and the price (i paid only $37 i believe) , the price is outstanding!
5 years ago this would've cost you $400 or more.Anyway like I said ,if you have ANY doubts about getting this item - DON'T!
You will not be disappointed ! ! !
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Alemacfilho
5.0 out of 5 stars Hdd 500gb
Reviewed in Brazil on April 12, 2024
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HD parece novo, passei o software e deu zero horas de uso.
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Luisito
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent
Reviewed in Mexico on March 1, 2023
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Win xp : Mi pc - Administrar- Almacenamiento - Administración de discos.
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Dominique
5.0 out of 5 stars Bon produit
Reviewed in France on April 19, 2024
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Bon produit pour une marque sérieuse à un prix très raisonnable
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Erich Huebner
5.0 out of 5 stars gute interne Festplatte
Reviewed in Germany on April 3, 2024
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Bedienungsfreundlichkeit und schnelle Einrichtung
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Richard
5.0 out of 5 stars Eindelijk eens goed verpakt gekregen
Reviewed in Belgium on January 29, 2024
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Wat ik het belangrijkste vind aan Harddisk is hoe ik ze krijg.
Ik heb een 2de keer 4 van deze 500GB schijven gekocht als reserve.
In de wetenschap dat deze goed verpakt toegezonden worden.
P.S. mijn eerste bestelling van 4 HDD was, omdat ik Linux versies wil testen.
Want in Win11 zitten onnodige blokkades, door Microsoft opzettelijk toegevoegd.
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Richard
5.0 out of 5 stars Eindelijk eens goed verpakt gekregen
Reviewed in Belgium on January 29, 2024
Wat ik het belangrijkste vind aan Harddisk is hoe ik ze krijg.
Ik heb een 2de keer 4 van deze 500GB schijven gekocht als reserve.
In de wetenschap dat deze goed verpakt toegezonden worden.
P.S. mijn eerste bestelling van 4 HDD was, omdat ik Linux versies wil testen.
Want in Win11 zitten onnodige blokkades, door Microsoft opzettelijk toegevoegd.
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