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product_id: 45518608
title: "Western Digital 500GB WD Blue 3D NAND Internal PC SSD - SATA III 6 Gb/s, M.2 2280, Up to 560 MB/s - WDS500G2B0B"
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# Up to 560MB/s read speed 500GB high-capacity storage 1.75M hours MTTF reliability Western Digital 500GB WD Blue 3D NAND Internal PC SSD - SATA III 6 Gb/s, M.2 2280, Up to 560 MB/s - WDS500G2B0B

**Brand:** western digital
**Price:** 70.67 OMR
**Availability:** ✅ In Stock

## Summary

> 🚀 Upgrade your workflow with speed and reliability that keeps you ahead of the curve!

## Quick Answers

- **What is this?** Western Digital 500GB WD Blue 3D NAND Internal PC SSD - SATA III 6 Gb/s, M.2 2280, Up to 560 MB/s - WDS500G2B0B by western digital
- **How much does it cost?** 70.67 OMR 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

- • **Rock-Solid Reliability:** Built to last with an industry-leading 1.75 million hours mean time to failure (MTTF).
- • **Seamless Compatibility:** WD F.I.T. Lab certified to work flawlessly across a wide range of PCs and laptops.
- • **Energy Efficient Design:** Consumes up to 25% less power, extending your laptop’s battery life during intense work sessions.
- • **Generous 500GB Capacity:** Store your essential files, apps, and projects without compromise.
- • **Blazing Fast Performance:** Experience lightning-quick boot and load times with up to 560MB/s sequential read speeds.

## Overview

The Western Digital 500GB WD Blue 3D NAND Internal PC SSD combines cutting-edge 3D NAND technology with SATA III interface to deliver up to 560MB/s read and 530MB/s write speeds. Designed for professionals seeking dependable performance, it offers a robust 1.75 million hours MTTF and up to 500TB written endurance. Its energy-efficient design reduces power consumption by up to 25%, making it ideal for extended laptop use. Certified for broad compatibility, this M.2 2280 SSD is a trusted upgrade for faster, smoother computing.

## Description

The WD Blue 3D NAND SATA SSD utilizes 3D NAND technology for capacities up to 2TB* with enhanced reliability. Featuring an active power draw up to 25% lower** than previous generations of WD Blue SSDs, you’re able to work longer before recharging your laptop, while sequential read speeds up to 560MB/s and sequential write speeds up to 530MB/s give the speed you want for your most demanding computing applications.*** Combined with the free. you can confidently upgrade your system to the WD Blue 3D NAND SATA SSD. |*As used for storage capacity, one terabyte (TB) = one trillion bytes. Total accessible capacity varies depending on operating environment. |** Active power draws are up to 25% lower during sequential reads than previous generations of WD Blue SSD at the 500GB capacity point. |***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.

Review: The best SSD M.2 SATA that you can buy for personal use. - Easy to install and the quality is great. It looks just like in the pictures and the compatibility is 10/10. It doesn't get too hot and it works faster than my old factory SSD M.2.
Review: A really good midrange SSD, if the price is right - Short version Pros: Has a DRAM Cache Decent performance and price for a midrange SSD 5-year Warranty Cons: Non-discounted pricing is atrocious 250G version is not the best deal Long Version As someone who frequently refurbishes old hardware others throw out, I tend to ignore the "midrange" of SSDs. Either I'll buy something ridiculously cheap (like that time when a 128G ADATA SU650 was at $16), or spend $40 for a 250G SSD is a bit steep, and the only time when the 250G version became a good deal was when one of my friends bought it at $45 each on somewhere that's not desertcart (which is a horrible price), but they accidentally shipped him two drives and they got to keep both.

## Features

- 3D NAND SATA SSD for capacities up to 2TB with enhanced reliability; As used for storage capacity, 1 terabyte (TB) = 1 trillion bytes; Total accessible capacity varies depending on operating environment
- Sequential read speeds up to 560MB/s and sequential write speeds up to 530MB/s; As used for transfer rate or interface, megabyte per second (MB/s) = 1 million bytes per second and gigabit per second (Gb/s) = 1 billion bits per second
- An industry leading 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

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| ASIN | B073SBX6TY |
| Best Sellers Rank | #1,016 in Internal Solid State Drives |
| Brand | Western Digital |
| Color | blue |
| Computer Memory Type | DDR4 SDRAM |
| Customer Reviews | 4.8 4.8 out of 5 stars (12,347) |
| Date First Available | July 22, 2017 |
| Flash Memory Size | 500 GB |
| Hard Drive | 500 GB Solid State Hard Drive |
| Hard Drive Interface | SATA 3 GB/s |
| Hardware Platform | PC |
| Is Discontinued By Manufacturer | No |
| Item Dimensions LxWxH | 3.15 x 0.87 x 0.09 inches |
| Item Weight | 0.388 ounces |
| Item model number | WDS500G2B0B |
| Language | English, English, English |
| Manufacturer | Western Digital |
| Number of USB 2.0 Ports | 1 |
| Operating System | Windows |
| Product Dimensions | 3.15 x 0.87 x 0.09 inches |
| RAM | 500 GB |
| Series | Blue |
| Voltage | 12 Volts |

## Product Details

- **Brand:** Western Digital
- **Color:** blue
- **Compatible Devices:** Computers
- **Connectivity Technology:** SATA
- **Digital Storage Capacity:** 500 GB
- **Hard Disk Description:** Solid State Hard Drive
- **Hard Disk Form Factor:** 2.5 Inches
- **Hard Disk Interface:** SATA 3 GB/s
- **Installation Type:** Internal Hard Drive
- **Special Feature:** SATA III

## Images

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## Questions & Answers

**Q: Is this a sata drive or an m.2 drive? the picture is of an m.2 but the descriptions sounds like it's a sata drive.**
A: It is an m.2 drive with a sata 3 connection. Read this https://rog.asus.com/articles/product-news/ssd-guide-pci-express-m-2-msata-and-sata-express-the-differences-explained/ and make sure your mobo accepts 2280 m.2

**Q: I know it states pc as platform but does anyone know if this will work for a mac? my mac currently has a similar ssd. thanks**
A: I have installed WD Blue SSDs in my 2014 Mac Mini and in my 2015 21" iMac and have had no problem at all.  The connectors are standard SATA, which is what both of my Macs had.  So no adapters needed.  

Disk Utility  was able to format the drive as a GIUD partition and then I used Carbon Copy Cloner to the old hard drive over to the SSD in an external enclosure. CCC also made the SSD a bootable volume (it copied EVERYTHING ... OS, applications, and data files).  Once the SSD had everything on it I took the precaution of setting System Preferences/Startup Drive to the SSD (while it was still in the external enclosure) to confirm that it would boot from that drive.  I knew it was booting from the SSD because normally my computer would take just over 3 minutes to boot from the old drive.  When I booted it from the external SSD it booted in 27 seconds.  By the way, the external enclosure was a USB 3.0 enclosure.  If you use a USB 2.0 enclosure it won't be as fast.

When I did the same thing to the Mac Mini the boot time went from just over 1 minutes with the old drive to 14.5 seconds booting from the SSD.

It's like having a brand new computer.

**Q: In the title i see a speed of sata iii 6 gb/s which is what my hard drive says for its speed. does that mean they will perform equally?**
A: "Sata 3, 6Gb/s" is not the speed of the drive itself, it is the speed of the lanes which all of the sata ports use, combined. It's somewhat like saying the top average speed of 10 sprinters is 15mph, so the track they are running on is a 150mph track. Mechanical hard drives usually top out at a transfer speed of 150Mb/s, due to the moving parts inside, and the time it takes to convert the data on the magnetic disk inside. An SSD on the other hand, has no moving parts. The data is stored on memory chips, meaning there is no time lost in mechanical exchange. Sata-based SSD's (including this one) typically top out at 550Mb/s transfer speeds. Be careful when you are buying a M.2 style SSD, as you have to make sure that your motherboard supports the one you are choosing. There are 2 different types. M.2 Sata 3, and M.2 PCIe. The M.2 Sata 3 uses the Sata data lanes, just as your hard drive does, while the M.2 PCIe style takes advantage of the faster transfer speeds of the PCIe data lanes, and transfers the data through the same lines that your graphics card uses. Those SSD's can go as high as 3500Mb/s transfer speeds. (All speeds mentioned are READ speeds. WRITE speeds tend to be less than the given read speed on any drive style.)

**Q: so this just straight up plugs into m2 slots what about the ears on the end? thinking about adding this as a 2nd m2 in my gaming rig**
A: If your rig is compatible with M.2 SATA III, it is just a matter of plugging it in and configuring the operating system to how you want to use the SSD. The Acronis software you can download from WD website does a solid job of copying any existing SSD contents to the new one and making it as the system bootable SSD.

## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ The best SSD M.2 SATA that you can buy for personal use.
*by E***Z on September 7, 2025*

Easy to install and the quality is great. It looks just like in the pictures and the compatibility is 10/10. It doesn't get too hot and it works faster than my old factory SSD M.2.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ A really good midrange SSD, if the price is right
*by O***S on May 26, 2020*

Short version Pros: Has a DRAM Cache Decent performance and price for a midrange SSD 5-year Warranty Cons: Non-discounted pricing is atrocious 250G version is not the best deal Long Version As someone who frequently refurbishes old hardware others throw out, I tend to ignore the "midrange" of SSDs. Either I'll buy something ridiculously cheap (like that time when a 128G ADATA SU650 was at $16), or spend <$50 on a 256G NVMe and throw in a budget 500G SSD when they dip under $50 or an old hard drive. Generally I would stay away from the more "premium" SSDs since smaller capacities aren't that good of a deal, and as a student I would prefer to spend less on hardware that I'm not going to use daily. If it is hardware that I either care about or something I use heavily, I'll probably just go for something from Samsung, Micron, or a SK Hynix Gold when Woot puts it on a discount again. This time however, I had a 2012 Macbook Air where the original drive it came with was really showing its age, especially an unresponsive keyboard during login, so I decided I would swap out the drive while doing some overdue maintenance, using a SSD adapter for the 2012 Macbook Air. Compared to the original drive (which I forgot to take a screenshot of the test results), the sequential read performed better, from ~430MB/s to ~490MB/s with little change for sequential write. However, the system was quite smoother (less stutter that was caused by the drive), and even though it doesn't hit the advertised speeds, I'm still very happy with the upgrade. Generally the WD Blue is actually an SSD that I would recommend my friends to buy if they're on a bit more of a budget, just because it's not outrageously priced, the warranty and performance is pretty good from past experience, and it has a DRAM cache which makes it excellent for a boot drive. It's just not something I would buy normally because of the use scenarios I have. Would I recommend it? Yes, as long as you're not paying for more than ~$70 for the 500G version and you're not considering the smaller capacities. >$40 for a 250G SSD is a bit steep, and the only time when the 250G version became a good deal was when one of my friends bought it at $45 each on somewhere that's not Amazon (which is a horrible price), but they accidentally shipped him two drives and they got to keep both.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Good upgrade for my HP Envy x360 convertable
*by A***W on May 26, 2020*

My laptop came with a 128 GB SSD for Win 10 to run on. I was running out of room, so I upgraded to this 500 GB SSD. Very fair price for the memory, and I went with WD for the brand name rather than some unknown Chinese brand drive. I also purchased a QNINE M.2 to USB 3.0 Adapter to clone my original drive. I used Acronis True Image WD Edition to clone my drive. The software works fine. It says you must have on WD drive connected to the computer to use it. I had no trouble and my original drive is not a WD. My recovery partition was at the end of the 128 GB SSD. I tried other software first because of other reviews I had seen here for the WD drive cloning. Acronis was the only free solution I could find that would allow me to move that recovery partition to the end of the new 500 GB WD drive. I had to set the recovery partition end to the drive end and set the recovery partition size. Then I could make my system partition the maximum size, using the rest of the drive space. Once this was done, I opened up my laptop and swapped the drives. Powered up the laptop, and it just worked. Nothing else to it.

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