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Western Digital SSD WD Blue 500 GB

500 GB M.2 Serial ATA 6Gb/s SSD

Last price 79€94
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Overview

WD Blue: reliable and affordable SSD

Western Digital's Blue 500GB SSD transforms your PC with faster load times and lower latency. The WD Blue features an M.2 SATA 6Gb/s interface, a 200TB endurance and an MTBF of 1.75 million hours.

The WD Blue 500GB SSD (WDS500G2B0B) SATA 6Gb/s gives your machine a new perspective with read speeds of up to 560MB/s and write speeds of up to 530MB/s and with up to 95,000 read IOPS and 84,000 write IOPS (4Kb QD32).


Everyday performance

WD Blue SSDs are designed to be lightweight and rugged to prevent data loss in the event of a shock or accidental drop. Every WD Blue SSD is tested by the F.I.T. Lab (Functional Integrity Testing Labs) to ensure it meets WD's highest standards for digital storage. With no removable parts, the WD Blue SSD gives you reliable storage that can withstand the normal wear and tear of years of use.


Rock-Solid Reliability

Western Digital's free downloadable SSD Dashboard provides multiple tools for continuous monitoring of your SSD's status. Available free of charge, the Western Digital SSD Dashboard gives you access to information such as drive model, firmware version, S.M.A.R.T. attributes, or simply lets you know how much space is left on your WD Blue SSD.




Specifications
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General information

Product name

Western Digital SSD WD Blue 500 GB

Brand

Western Digital

Model

WDS500G2B0B

Main characteristics

Interface with the computer

M.2 - SATA 6Gb/s

Hard drive format

M.2

Capacity

500 GB

Flash memory type

TLC (Triple-Level Cell)

NVMe

No

Controller

Marvell 88SS1074

Performance

Read speed

560 MB/s

Write speed

530 MB/s

IOPS Read

95000

IOPS in writing

84000

Endurance

200

TRIM compatible

Yes

Physical characteristics

Width

22 mm

Height

2.38 mm

Depth

80 mm

Weight

7 g

Warranties

Commercial warranty

Seller 2 years

Legal warranty

See terms & conditions

Product referenced on 23 May 2019

Customer reviews
Global rating
9/10
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  • by PierreV
    Posted on 8 Jul 2022
    Bought on 9 Jun 2022 from LDLC
    Number of reviews: 1 Average rating: 8

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  • by Viny M
    Posted on 27 Mar 2022
    Bought on 25 Feb 2022 from LDLC
    Number of reviews: 8 Average rating: 9

    I'm very pleased with the quality of the product and the service. Works great

    I'm very happy with this new M2 hard drive, it seems to have more than evolved, it's a very fast start up and it's very stable.

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  • by Gillou De Labas
    Posted on 26 Nov 2021
    Bought on 28 Oct 2021 from LDLC
    Number of reviews: 6 Average rating: 9

    Optimising my PC

    I changed my 128GB SSD for this card to optimize my PC. My original hard drive was 70% full. Once my hard drive was installed, I was surprised that my system reinstallation partitioned my SSD hard drive to 128GB. I had to do a bunch of manipulations to re-partition my hard drive and increase the 128GB to 450GB, the remaining space is required for boot, recovery, and undefined space.

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  • by FabienD
    Posted on 5 May 2020
    Bought on 22 Mar 2020 from LDLC
    Number of reviews: 2 Average rating: 9

    Quality - Price

    A quality-price ratio at the top!
    Indeed, difficult to do better considering its capacity, so yes ... maybe we do not have the speed in reading - writing of SSD Nvme, but frankly for the installation that I do (mainly games), load times are largely reduced to be more than satisfactory especially considering its price, and the quality signed WD!

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  • by lousyous
    Posted on 4 Apr 2020
    Bought on 29 Oct 2019 from LDLC
    Number of reviews: 24 Average rating: 8

    Affordable & amazing

    This M.2 works wonders. Everything I install on it runs & boots as fast as the Samsung NVMe that came with my laptop. Obviously, the write speed won't be up to par, but ~500MB/s is way beyond what I need, and I'd rather have that than pay double for a 1TB NVMe SSD.

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  • by christianD
    Posted on 20 Feb 2020
    Bought on 21 Jan 2020 from LDLC
    Number of reviews: 1 Average rating: 9

    Western Digital SSD WD Blue 500 GB

    I'm sorry that the shipping costs are not clearly stated in the order form. Otherwise, everything else is perfect.
    I'm not sure if it's a good one or not, but I'm sure it's a good one.

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