500GB, SATA III, 2.5", 5400rpm, 6Gb/s

WD Quality
Built to the high standards of quality and reliability of the WD brand, these
drives offer the features and capacity ideal for everyday computing needs.

The Original
WD Blue 2.5-inch PC Hard Drives are designed and manufactured with the proven technology found in WD’s original award-winning hard drives.

Compatible
The latest generation of 7 mm 2.5-inch mobile drives is designed for thin and light mobile
applications, and is also compatible with most standard 9.5 mm bays.

SATA 6 Gb/s interface
The SATA 6 Gb/s interface provides greater flexibility for use with the latest chipsets as
well as backwards compatibility to legacy systems with SATA 3 Gb/s requirements.

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

Quiet
In a notebook, silence is golden. WD’s exclusive noise reducing technologies yield some
of the quietest 2.5-inch hard drives on the market.

Upgrading Your Drive is Easy
Acronis™ True Image™ WD Edition cloning software is available as a free download on
the WD Support site enabling you to copy all your data to a new drive. You don’t have to
reinstall your operating system to get all the benefits of a new drive.

Enhanced Availability (EA)—for 24x7 Access to Data
Western Digital provides enhanced availability models of WD Blue 2.5-inch PC Hard
Drives (WD5000LQVX) that deliver 24x7 access to information for data-intensive applications requiring round-the-clock operation. WD Blue EA models support the stringent
demands of “always-on” applications in lower-transaction environments and come with a
3-year standard warranty.