# Western Digital WD Blue 500GB SATA 3 6Gb/s, M.2-2280 3D NAND Internal Solid State Drive

- Category: Storage
- Brand: Western Digital
- Model: Blue 500
- Part number: WDS500G2B0B
- Price (US): $107.27
- Price last checked: 2026-08-06
- Rating: 4.8/5 from 15181 Amazon reviews
- Warranty: Western Digital (
- Product page: https://buildmypc.net/component-details/storage/western-digital-blue-500-wds500g2b0b/

## Description

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## Specifications

| Spec | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Brand | Western Digital |
| Model | Blue 500 |
| Maximum Capacity | 500 GB |
| Form Factor | M.2-2280 (SSD) |
| Cache Memory | N/A |
| Interface | SATA III 6 Gb/s |

## Key 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
- 5 year manufacturer's limited warranty

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