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product_id: 48147528
title: "WD Blue WDS500G1B0A 500 GB Internal SSD Solid State Drive, SATA 6 GB/s 2.5 Inch"
brand: "western digital"
price: "$U13438"
currency: UYU
in_stock: true
reviews_count: 13
category: "Western Digital"
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# 545 MB/s read speed 500 GB storage capacity 1.75M hours MTTF reliability WD Blue WDS500G1B0A 500 GB Internal SSD Solid State Drive, SATA 6 GB/s 2.5 Inch

**Brand:** western digital
**Price:** $U13438
**Availability:** ✅ In Stock

## Summary

> 🚀 Upgrade your workflow with WD Blue — speed and reliability that keep you ahead.

## Quick Answers

- **What is this?** WD Blue WDS500G1B0A 500 GB Internal SSD Solid State Drive, SATA 6 GB/s 2.5 Inch by western digital
- **How much does it cost?** $U13438 with free shipping
- **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship
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## Best For

- western digital enthusiasts

## Why This Product

- Trusted western digital brand quality
- Free international shipping included
- Worldwide delivery with tracking
- 15-day hassle-free returns

## Key Features

- • **Effortless Upgrade:** Plug-and-play installation that instantly transforms your system’s performance.
- • **Seamless Multitasking:** Optimized to handle resource-heavy workflows without slowing you down.
- • **Rock-Solid Reliability:** Built to last with 1.75 million hours Mean Time To Failure and advanced error correction.
- • **Blazing Fast Load Times:** Experience lightning-quick bootups and app launches with up to 545 MB/s read speeds.
- • **Universal Compatibility:** Fits most PCs with 2.5-inch/7mm form factor and SATA 6 Gb/s interface.

## Overview

The WD Blue WDS500G1B0A is a 500 GB internal SSD designed for professionals seeking a reliable and fast storage upgrade. Featuring SATA 6 Gb/s interface and a compact 2.5-inch form factor, it delivers sequential read speeds up to 545 MB/s and write speeds up to 525 MB/s. With a robust 1.75 million hours MTTF and error-correction technologies, it ensures long-lasting performance optimized for multitasking and demanding applications.

## Description

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Review: WD 500Gb SSD - Great performance and a reliable name. - My first SSD and I am very impressed with the ease of installation, cloning and the instant speed increase in boot up and applications. I went for a 500GB to match the existing HDD I had installed and make cloning easy. It is well worth the money and the best performance increase I have seen through one component change ever - and I had my first PC in 1987. There are many manufacturers in the SSD market and I went for WD because of the previous experience I have had on performance and reliability with a range of previouis WD HDD and a My Cloud.
Review: Good drive. But be careful with Older PCs, as it may not be picked up correctly for AHCI mode and booting. - Quick SSD drive which matches the performance of the Samsung EVO range. My current PC C: drive was running out of space, especially with backing up I device with Itunes. The current drive is a Kingston 512GB SSD using a SATA connection with the BIOS set to use AHCI. The PC being a Shuttle XPC X38. Latest BIOS update being used. As I needed to clone the drive I used cloning software. On connecting the drive on a spare SATA connection etc... and powered on the PC and checked the BIOS. The drive wasn't being seen for use as a bootable drive in AHCI. Yet on playing around using IDE and RAID it would. In the end I managed to get this to work on another PC which needed upgrading, another Shuttle XPC SH55J which would be seen fine. Yet on the X38 PC a Samsung SSD drive could be seen. My only conclusion is that the drive WD put out may need a firmware update. Or my older PC won't see WD SSDs as it's too old? Unfortunately Western Digital don't give you any documentation or any discs with software. Looking at their Website it's even more confusing. As when you choose WD blue, the software given is only meant for external drives like their passport range etc.... Apart from that, it's just a plug in and off you go affair. As for performance there is no speed difference with the Samsung 512 GB 840 EVO it originally replaced.

## Features

- International products have separate terms, are sold from abroad and may differ from local products, including fit, age ratings, and language of product, labeling or instructions.
- Sequential read speeds of up to 545 MB/s and sequential write speeds of up to 525 MB/s
- 1.75M hours Mean Time To Failure (MTTF) and several error-correction technologies for lasting reliability
- Optimised for multitasking to simultaneously run resource-heavy applications without system slow-down
- Available in 2.5 Inch/7 mm and M.2 2280 models to accommodate most PCs

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| ASIN | B01LWQ9LYV |
| Are Batteries Included | No |
| Batteries | 2 AAA batteries required. |
| Best Sellers Rank | 97,038 in Computers & Accessories ( See Top 100 in Computers & Accessories ) 586 in Internal Solid State Drives |
| Brand | Western Digital |
| Colour | Blue |
| Computer Memory Type | DDR3 SDRAM |
| Customer Reviews | 4.4 4.4 out of 5 stars (1,174) |
| Date First Available | 30 Sept. 2016 |
| Form Factor | 2.5-inch |
| Guaranteed software updates until | unknown |
| Hard Disk Description | Solid State Drive |
| Hard Drive Interface | Serial ATA-600 |
| Hard Drive Size | 500 GB |
| Item Weight | 36.3 g |
| Item model number | WDS500G1B0A |
| Lithium Battery Energy Content | 5.2 Watt Hours |
| Lithium Battery Packaging | Batteries contained in equipment |
| Lithium Battery Weight | 0.89 Grams |
| Manufacturer | Western Digital |
| Processor Count | 1 |
| Product Dimensions | 10.01 x 6.99 x 0.69 cm; 36.29 g |
| Series | WD Blue PC SSD |
| Wattage | 1 |

## Product Details

- **Brand:** Western Digital
- **Colour:** Blue
- **Compatible devices:** Desktop
- **Connectivity technology:** SATA
- **Digital storage capacity:** 500 GB
- **Hard disk description:** Solid State Drive
- **Hard disk form factor:** 2.5 Inches
- **Hard disk interface:** Serial ATA-600
- **Installation type:** Internal Hard Drive
- **Special feature:** Fast Speed

## Images

![WD Blue WDS500G1B0A 500 GB Internal SSD Solid State Drive, SATA 6 GB/s 2.5 Inch - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/81cQqOWBh6L.jpg)

## Questions & Answers

**Q: This product comes with software to clone the disk, because I need to clone the disk of my laptop?**
A: You can download the Acronis True Image WD Edition Software for free from Western Digital's site.  It does an excellent job of cloning hard drives to a new Western Digital disk.  I've used it myself several times.

**Q: Can the wd m.2 ssd be used as a boot drive for windows?**
A: Absolutely.  I just installed it.  Used Macrium Reflect to copy my entire OS Drive (c:) onto the SSD.  Then you go into the BIOS and tell it to boot to the M.2 SSD.   It boots faster.  The M.2 SSD is then called "C:"  Then I turned my spinning hard Drive into just data storage.

**Q: Is this compatible with an i5 6500?**
A: The processor isn't a factor.  You will want to look at what type of SATA connections your system has on the motherboard.  Even if they don't match, the drive will down-step to the controllers speed (sata2 controller with a sata3 drive).  In the future, the controller would down-step to the drives speed (sata3 drive and a sata4 controller). Assuming the physical connections remain the same.

**Q: Does it come with a sata cable?**
A: No

## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ WD 500Gb SSD - Great performance and a reliable name.
*by A***R on 23 April 2017*

My first SSD and I am very impressed with the ease of installation, cloning and the instant speed increase in boot up and applications. I went for a 500GB to match the existing HDD I had installed and make cloning easy. It is well worth the money and the best performance increase I have seen through one component change ever - and I had my first PC in 1987. There are many manufacturers in the SSD market and I went for WD because of the previous experience I have had on performance and reliability with a range of previouis WD HDD and a My Cloud.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Good drive. But be careful with Older PCs, as it may not be picked up correctly for AHCI mode and booting.
*by C***R on 15 May 2017*

Quick SSD drive which matches the performance of the Samsung EVO range. My current PC C: drive was running out of space, especially with backing up I device with Itunes. The current drive is a Kingston 512GB SSD using a SATA connection with the BIOS set to use AHCI. The PC being a Shuttle XPC X38. Latest BIOS update being used. As I needed to clone the drive I used cloning software. On connecting the drive on a spare SATA connection etc... and powered on the PC and checked the BIOS. The drive wasn't being seen for use as a bootable drive in AHCI. Yet on playing around using IDE and RAID it would. In the end I managed to get this to work on another PC which needed upgrading, another Shuttle XPC SH55J which would be seen fine. Yet on the X38 PC a Samsung SSD drive could be seen. My only conclusion is that the drive WD put out may need a firmware update. Or my older PC won't see WD SSDs as it's too old? Unfortunately Western Digital don't give you any documentation or any discs with software. Looking at their Website it's even more confusing. As when you choose WD blue, the software given is only meant for external drives like their passport range etc.... Apart from that, it's just a plug in and off you go affair. As for performance there is no speed difference with the Samsung 512 GB 840 EVO it originally replaced.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Wow if your looking for a 2.5" SSD buy it!
*by S***E on 10 April 2017*

I normally buy Samsung EVO SSD's, but I've been using 3.5" WD hard drives for 20+ years and its about time WD came the SSD market. Packaging same as any other SSD branded retail cardboard package, the drive was housed in a plastic bag and finally in a plastic blister pack for that extra protection haha and that's it, no paperwork at all in the box not even the usual crap that no one ever reads in a 1000 languages (hurray) The drive like any other SSD seems well built, nothing loose or rattling around inside. I Installed the SSD with Windows 10 on a new build i7 7700K with all the bells n whistles and boy does this drive fly, I'm not that nerdy to start posting facts and figures but this thing is fast noticeably for me faster than my Samsung EVO which is only a couple of months old. I've been a die hard Samsung EVO SSD man for a few years now and that's about to change If this drive has reliability (Only time will tell) To the login screen, desktop and starting applications/Games this definitely feels quicker than the Samsung EVO and its slightly cheaper than the Samsung EVO. I'll not mark the SSD down for Amazon's terrible packaging but to box the SSD and Intel i7 in a cardboard surround forcing the retail boxes flatter so both items fit then ramming it into my letterbox is NOT a good idea! to give you an idea of the size of the Amazon box used it was the type used for a game!

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