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WD Blue 3D NAND 500GB Internal PC SSD - SATA III 6 Gb/s, 2.5"/7mm, Up to 560 MB/s - WDS500G2B0A

By Western Digital

9.6
  11,399 reviews



Product features

Sequential read speeds up to 560MB/s and sequential write speeds up to 530MB/seconds; As used for transfer rate or interface, megabyte per second (MB/s) = one million bytes per second and gigabit per second (Gb/s) = one billion bits per second

An industryleading 1.75M hrs mean time to failure (MTTF) and up to 500 TBs written (TBW) for enhanced reliability; MTTF based on internal testing using Telcordia stress part testing; TBW calculated using Jedec client workload (JESD219)

WD F.I.T. Lab certification for compatibility with a wide range of computers

5 year manufacturer's limited warranty

Free downloadable software to monitor the status of your drive and clone a drive, or backup your data

An active power draw up to 25% lower than previous generations of WD Blue SSD

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