Introduction

WD Blue™ internal hard drives deliver reliability for office and web applications. They are ideal for use as primary drives in desktop PCs and for office applications. With a range of capacities and cache sizes, there’s a WD Blue internal hard drive that’s just right for you.

NoTouch Ramp Load technology
The recording head never touches the disk media, ensuring significantly less wear to the recording head and media as well as better drive protection in transit.

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

Tested for compatibility
We perform tests on hundreds of systems and a multitude of platforms in our FIT Lab to give our customers confidence that our drives will work in their systems.

Upgrading your drive is easy
Seamlessly migrate your current system to your new Western Digital drive using Acronis® True Image™ WD Edition software, available as a free download on the Western Digital Support site. This software enables you to copy all your data to a new drive so you don't have to reinstall your operating system to get all the benefits of a new drive.

The Western Digital® advantage
Western Digital puts our products through extensive Functional Integrity Testing (F.I.T.) prior to any product launch. On average, each new product goes through 600,000 hours of testing. Western Digital also has a detailed Knowledge Base with more than 1,000 helpful articles. You can also call toll-free support 7 days per week in the U.S. and Canada. See the Western Digital Support site for full details. Recommended use - WD Desktop hard drives are tested and recommended for use in PCs, industrial applications and external enclosures.

Features

HDD size

3.5"

HDD capacity

2 TB

HDD speed

5400 RPM

Interface

Serial ATA III

Type

HDD

Component for

PC

Hot-swap

N

Storage drive buffer size

64 MB

HDD interface transfer rate

6 Gbit/s

HDD average transfer rate

180 MB/s

Uncorrectable Bit Error Rate (UBER)

< 1 per 10^14 bits read

Advanced Format (AF)

Y

Start/stop cycles

300000

Noise level (idle)

25 dB

Windows operating systems supported

Windows 10, Windows 7, Windows 8.1

Mac operating systems supported

Mac OS X 10.11 El Capitan, Mac OS X 10.13 High Sierra

Power

Power consumption (standby)

0.3 W

Power consumption (read)

4 W

Power consumption (write)

4 W

Power consumption (idle)

2.4 W

Operational conditions

Operating temperature (T-T)

0 - 60 °C

Operating shock

70 G

Non-operating shock

300 G

Technical details

Sustainability compliance

Y

Sustainability certificates

CB, CE, Federal Communications Commission (FCC), KC, TUV, UKCA

Weight & dimensions

Width

101.6 mm

Height

26.1 mm

Depth

147 mm

Weight

450 g

Packaging data

Quantity

1

Logistics data

Harmonized System (HS) code

84717050