500GB WD Blue 3D NAND Internal PC SSD - SATA III 6 Gb/s, 2.5"/7mm, Up to 560 MB/s - WDS500G2B0A, Solid State Drive

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. This review is very detailed, so if you just need to upgrade MacBook Pro, just scroll down to “Upgrade”. This review has been written on the day I had the product running. This review has not been sponsored by WD, and it is solely my own experience and tips I’d like to share. Price: 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. Quality: Even though this product will be stuck underneath the laptop case, but the plastic feels solid, and it came well packed. Speed: Using BlackMagic Disk Speed Utility, I got the result of 276.7 MB/s write and 504.6 MB/s read. Not quite the promised but good enough. Besides, since this is a 3rd party tool and not embedded in the operating system I don’t expect exact results. Performance: Generally, after replacing my drive, I found out that it made my mac at least 5-8 times faster. Moving large files is instant, starting applications and everything else is much quicker. ----------------------------- Upgrade for MacBook Pro 13 inch ( Mid 2012 model - Non-Retina ) ~~~~~~~~~~ I bought this SDD to upgrade my MacBook Pro 13 inch (Mid-2012 model). This Apple MacBook model is essentially the last model with the upgradable disk. Some other models are upgradable with M2 SSD. So, if your MacBook Pro is a mid-2012 or below, it is most likely upgradable. For non-Apple devices, you need to look up your model and check if this SSD is suitable. Amazon offers a handy tool to do so. This guide will only help for Macs. ~~~~~~~~~~ Disclaimer: 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. *It is however advised to backup your data ( mainly the most important ) and to watch other tutorials to have a better idea of the procedure. This is only a guide with the concept of the procedure and is LACKING SOME STEPS. **Basic knowledge of how partitioning and how disk drives work may be important. ~~~~~~~~~~ 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. Step 1: Restart your Mac and press (CMD + R) to enter recovery mode. Go to desk utility and check your currently installed drive (should appear under internal), check the Partition style. Mine showed APFS, but it may be another like Mac OS (Journaled). Step 2: Take the new SSD drive and put it in an enclosure for USB connection. I used the AmazonBasics enclosure, the price and the quality are great. Plug it into the mac’s USB. The drive should appear under external. 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. Step 4 A: If you chose an SSD with size larger than your current drive, you can just go back to the EXTERNAL drive in the disk utility and click restore. Then choose the current internal drive as the source. This will fully clone your old drive to the new drive. Step 4 B: If you chose an SSD with size equivalent or smaller than your current drive ( note: You can’t cram 400GB of data into a 250 GB drive), you need to go back to the main recovery page and click on reinstall OS. It will ask you which drive to install into for this case choose the EXTERNAL ( whatever you named it). It will then reinstall the operating system. Next, It will then ask you if you want to get data from another drive just choose the current drive (INTERNAL). Tick everything to get a full copy (Trash is not copied). 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) —————— Pros: It is Excellent. That’s it. Cons: Not sure if I should consider this as a drawback but more of a ”would be 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. Overall: 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. Other products you may consider (That I've been also considering, but haven't tried) : Sandisk Ultra Kingston A400

The Dell 15 3565 was purchased in 2018 as a backup computer and has been used to digitize music and stream videos. It is a low-end, entry-level product, but very slow for most productivity applications running on Windows 10 (e.g., MS Office). Based on what I had heard and experienced with similar machines, I purchased the WD Blue 500 GB SSD as an experiment to see if speed could be improved. A Sabrent 2.5”-SATA-HD-to USB-3.0 adapter cable was also purchased at the same time to clone the new WD SDD. The original Toshiba 5400-rpm, 500-GB HDD was cloned using the Acronis WD version software. Some points: 1. Ensure you have the 2020 version of Acronis WD. My initial download was the 2016 version, which did not recognize the WD SDD. After the 2020 version was installed, cloning went on without a problem using the default settings. It took about an hour to clone approximately 160 GB of disk content. 2. Although Windows recognized the Sabrent cable as an external device, Windows Explorer would not recognize any content on the WD SDD before or after cloning. This caused some concern, although Acronis did report successful cloning. As a potential Plan B in case the cloning process did not work, I used the Dell backup routine to create a bootable thumb drive to install Windows on the new WD SDD. 3. As part of my preparation, I printed out and studied applicable portions of the Dell service manual with the necessary disassembly procedures to get to the HDD. I also labeled old pill bottles to store the various size screws that came off of the computer at each step during disassembly. Bottom line: After all the preparation and about an hour of actual disassembly, installation, and reassembly, the moment of truth came to reboot the computer. Success. The computer booted to Windows right away without incident. After completing a few Windows updates and allowing the software to settle in, the increase in speed was quite apparent – well worth the effort and expense. Without precise laboratory measurements, I would say the Dell is roughly comparable to my more powerful desktop and laptop, which are still running on HDDs. In short – no stalls or slow app loads.

Excelente produto, marca reconhecida no mercado.

De Western Digital WD Blue 3D NAND SSD (500 GB) is een uitstekende keuze voor iedereen die op zoek is naar een betrouwbare en snelle interne schijf. Sinds ik deze SSD heb geïnstalleerd, is mijn computer aanzienlijk sneller geworden en werkt alles een stuk soepeler. Wat direct opvalt, zijn de snelle lees- en schrijfsnelheden. Dankzij de SATA III-interface en 3D NAND-technologie laadt mijn besturingssysteem in een fractie van de tijd op, en grote applicaties, zoals videobewerkingssoftware en games, starten bliksemsnel op. Voor mensen die werken met grote bestanden of gewoon een snellere dagelijkse computerervaring willen, biedt deze schijf indrukwekkende prestaties. De betrouwbaarheid van de WD Blue SSD is een ander groot pluspunt. Western Digital staat bekend om zijn duurzaamheid en kwaliteitsproducten, en deze SSD is geen uitzondering. Hij is ontworpen met lagere stroomverbruik, wat zorgt voor efficiëntere werking en minder hitteontwikkeling. Dit betekent niet alleen dat mijn laptop of desktop koeler blijft, maar ook dat de batterijduur van mijn laptop wordt verlengd, wat een groot voordeel is als je veel onderweg werkt. De installatie van de SSD was heel eenvoudig. De 2,5 inch vormfactor past perfect in de meeste laptops en desktops, en met een snelle installatiegids was het klonen van mijn oude schijf en het overzetten van bestanden een fluitje van een cent. Deze schijf is ideaal voor zowel beginners als gevorderden die op zoek zijn naar een probleemloze installatie. Met 500 GB opslagruimte biedt de WD Blue SSD meer dan genoeg ruimte voor je besturingssysteem, apps en persoonlijke bestanden. Voor de meeste gebruikers is dit de perfecte balans tussen capaciteit en prijs, met meer dan genoeg ruimte voor belangrijke programma's, documenten, foto's en video's. Pluspunten: Razendsnelle prestaties dankzij SATA III en 3D NAND-technologie Betrouwbare kwaliteit en duurzaamheid van Western Digital Eenvoudige installatie met een 2,5 inch vormfactor Laag stroomverbruik voor efficiëntere werking en langere batterijduur Ideale opslagcapaciteit van 500 GB voor dagelijks gebruik Al met al biedt de Western Digital WD Blue 500 GB SSD een uitstekende combinatie van snelheid, betrouwbaarheid en prijs. Het is een geweldige upgrade voor zowel oudere systemen als nieuwe builds, en zorgt voor een aanzienlijke verbetering van de algehele prestaties. Ik kan deze SSD zonder twijfel aanbevelen aan iedereen die zijn computer een boost wil geven!

Disque Dur SSD parfaitement conforme à la description. Fonctionne superbement après un clonage avec le système d'exploitation du disque précédent. Je recommande sans réserve ce produit Western Digital.

Ottima SSD, veloce ed affidabile anche dopo parecchio tempo di utilizzo. Consigliatissima

Arrived well packed and performed a fresh install of Windows in under 10 minutes. Very fast and comes with WD 5 year warranty. I purchased at Amazon Mid-Year 2021 sale and was a bargain for $68 for 500GB, but price has since risen. My old HP desktop is born again with 10 second boot and shutdown times.