Build your ideal creation engine. Upgrading your system or optimizing your next custom build with the slim M.2 2280 form factor. All you need is an NVMe™ slot. As used for storage capacity, 1GB=1,000,000,000 bytes and 1TB=1,000,000,000,000 bytes. Actual user capacity may be less depending on operating environment. A WD Blue SATA Internal SSD can last up to 1.75M hours MTTF 2 (mean time to failure), with up to 600 TBW 3 (terabytes written), and has built in technology to correct errors in real time.

Cloned my old boot SSD to this one after a lot of difficulty but in the process connected and disconnected it a lot and it still works fine. You will need to buy a ssd tray to mount in your case If your computer doesn't have one included as most are made for the bigger hdd. Will need mounting screws but most trays have them included. Also Sata and power cables too. Step 3: Erase the new drive and format with the format identical to the original drive. (CONFIRM THAT IT IS THE EXTERNAL DRIVE). You can give the new drive any name but try to go for something unique so you don’t confuse it with the current drive. We value your content. That’s why the WD Blue reliability features help protect your content so you can stress less about losing your brilliant work.

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No one can argue that this SSD is fairly priced. I can say it is definitely worth the investment. The value for money is just ridiculous. Its performance, meanwhile, should be more than adequate for the entirety of the drive’s life, even if it lasts beyond a decade. Step 5: The time it takes usually takes a while depending on your data. After you confirm that the new drive is working fine, you can swap the drives. (You can find step-by-step tutorials on Youtube)

You might expect a 2.5-inch solid state drive to be drab. And, well, it is. The drive’s working class aim results in a simple, plain drive case dominating by a big WD Blue logo. There’s absolutely nothing unexpected about it. Of course, that’s true of the competition, too – very few look like anything more than a thin plastic rectangle. So, how fast is it?I shall not be held responsible for any damages to the drives or loss of data as a result of your mistakes in the process. You are to do this upgrade at your responsibility, and you hold all the risks associated with the upgrade. With a certification from the WD Functional Integrity Testing Lab (F.I.T. Lab™), every WD Blue SATA SSD is verified for compatibility with a wide range of desktop and laptop computers. Every WD Blue SATA SSD goes through extensive compatibility and reliability testing to ensure it meets the high standards of the WD brand. All these figures are for the 1TB drive of each model line. Smaller drives usually also have lower TBW tolerances. Still, whatever the size, the endurance rating is high enough that a typical user won’t exceed it for at least a decade. Our Take

Western Digital also promises an endurance rating of 400 terabytes written. That’s much higher than the Samsung 850 Evo, which only promises 150TB. It’s also much less than the Transcend SSD370, which offers an incredible 1,180TBW. Every WD Blue drive comes with a three-year warranty against manufacturer defects. This is a common warranty period for solid state drives, and most of Western Digital’s competitors offer the same. The company has also released the drive in only three, relatively large storage capacities; 250GB, 500GB, and 1TB (we tested the big boy). This sends a clear message – Western Digital wants you to use the WD Blue as your primary storage. Put another way, the WD Blue offers capacities large enough to serve as your only hard drive.

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Before anything, you need to decide the size of the disk. My original was a 500GB spinning drive (HDD), and I bought the 500GB SSD. If you decide that you need more storage, the OSX installation is skipped. Just keep in mind that this could be a major investment in your computer, so if you are left with something between 0-75 GB, you might want to consider getting a bigger sized drive. This review is very detailed, so if you just need to upgrade MacBook Pro, just scroll down to “Upgrade”. billion bytes and 1TB = 1 trillion bytes. Actual user capacity may be less depending on operating environment. Featuring read speeds up to 560MB/s 2, this fast SATA SSD delivers a performance boost that keeps up with your workloads so you can stay creative and be more productive.

I think this product is really great, it will give life to ancient computers, and I totally recommend it. You can buy it without hesitation. In this review, I am going to rate the WD SSD 500GB. The review will be on four main criteria, and I will mention what I liked, and what I didn’t like about the product. Furthermore, I will also share my experience and how I got the product up and running. The WD Blue is not a cutting-edge, PCI Express powerhouse designed to transfer gigabytes of data per second. Instead, this drive is designed to do exactly what Western Digital hard disks did: provide reliable, affordable storage that’s fast enough for most use. An SSD is designed with no moving parts to help protect against data loss if it is accidentally bumped or dropped. And with 1.75M hours MTTF (mean time to failure) 2, up to 600 TBW (terabytes written) 3, and several error correction technologies, WD Blue SATA SSDs can help guard data for years to come. As used for transfer speed, megabyte per second (MB/s) = one million bytes per second. Performance will vary depending on your hardware and software components and configurations.

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SSD is designed with no moving parts to help protect against data loss if it is accidentally bumped or dropped. And with 1.75M hours MTTF (mean time to failure) 2, up to 600 TBW (terabytes written) 3, and several error correction technologies, WD Blue SATA SSDs can help guard data for years to come. handy to have”. I think if WD supplied software to assist in the logistics of moving data, it would have been really fantastic. As an IT, I don’t trust free 3rd-party software, and if I went for paid software, it would cost high. Otherwise, there is absolutely none. With a certification from the WD Functional Integrity Testing Lab (F.I.T. Lab™), every WD Blue SATA SSD is verified for compatibility with a wide range of desktop and laptop computers.