WD Blue™
PC Hard Drives
WD Blue hard drives deliver solid performance and reliability
while providing you with all of the space you need to hold
enormous amounts of photos, videos, and files. WD Blue hard
drives are designed for use as primary drives in notebooks
and external enclosures.
INTERFACE
SATA 6 Gb/s
FORM FACTOR
2.5-inch
INTERFACE CONNECTOR
SATA Connector
ROTATIONAL SPEED
5400 RPM Class
MODEL NUMBERS
WD20NPVZ WD7500BPVX WD3200LPCX
WD15NPVZ WD5000BPVX WD2500LPVX
WD10SPZX WD5000LPVX WD2500LPCX
WD10JPVX WD5000LPCX
Product Features
Available SATA 6 Gb/s interface
The SATA 6 Gb/s interface
provides greater flexibility for use
with the latest chipsets as well
as backwards compatibility to
legacy systems with SATA 3 Gb/s
requirements.
.
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.
The Original
WD Blue drives are designed and
manufactured with the proven
technology found in WD’s original
award-winning hard drives.
WD Quality
Built to the high standards of
quality and reliability of the WD
brand, these drives offer the
features and capacity ideal for your
everyday computing needs.
Low Power Consumption
State-of-the-art seeking
algorithms and advanced power
management features help
ensure low power consumption.
Upgrading Your Drive is Easy
Acronis® True Image™ WD Edition
Software, available as a free
download on the WD Support
site, 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.
Compatible
Our latest generation of 7 mm
2.5-inch mobile drives is
designed for thin and light
mobile applications, and is also
compatible with most standard
9.5 mm bays (SPZX, LPCX, and
LPVX models only).
Quiet
In a notebook drive, silence is
golden. WD’s exclusive noise
reducing technologies yield some
of the quietest 2.5-inch hard drives
on the market.
Applications
WD Blue hard drives are tested and recommended for use in notebooks and external enclosures.*
* WD hard drives are designed and tested for use in specific applications and environments. This helps ensure that your hard drive is compatible with and functions properly in
your application. Our hard drives are warranted against defects in materials and workmanship in the system for which they were designed. Use in systems other than for what the
hard drive was designed could result in compatibility problems that affect proper function, unrelated to material and/or workmanship defects. For best results, be sure to select
the appropriate product for your application by consulting our product spec sheets on our website at www.wd.com or by calling our customer support line where we would be
happy to help you through the selection process.
The WD Advantage
WD puts our products through extensive Functional Integrity Testing (F.I.T.) prior to any product launch. This testing ensures that our products
consistently meet the high quality and reliability standards of the WD brand. WD also provides a detailed Knowledge Base with more than 1,000 helpful
articles, helpful software, and utilities. Our customer support lines are open for more hours to help ensure you get the help you need when you need it.
Our toll-free customer support lines are here to help, or you can access our WD Support site for additional details.
CAPACITIES
250GB to 2TB
HEIGHT
7 mm to 15 mm
WD Blue™
-2--2-
Specifications 2TB 1.5TB 1TB 1TB 750GB
Model number1WD20NPVZ WD15NPVZ WD10SPZX WD10JPVX WD7500LPCX
Interface26 Gb/s 6 Gb/s 6 Gb/s SATA 6 Gb/s SATA 6 Gb/s
Formatted capacity22,000,802MB 1,500,301MB 1,000,204MB 1,000,204MB 750,156MB
Advanced Format (AF) Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Form factor 2.5-inch 2.5-inch 2.5-inch 2.5-inch 2.5-inch
RoHS compliant3Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Performance
Data transfer rates
Interface speed 6 Gb/s 6 Gb/s 6 Gb/s 6 Gb/s 6 Gb/s
Cache (MB) 8 8 128 8 16
Rotational speed (RPM) 5200 5200 5400 5400 5400
Average drive ready time (sec) 6.5 6.5 2.8 3.0 2.8
Reliability/Data Integrity
Load/unload cycles4600,000 600,000 600,000 600,000 600,000
Non-recoverable read errors per
bits read
<1 in 1014 <1 in 1014 <1 in 1014 <1 in 1014 <1 in 1014
Limited warranty (years)52 2 2 2 2
Power Management
5VDC ±10% (A, peak) 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00
Average power requirements (W)
Read/Write
Idle
Standby/Sleep
1.7
0.8
0.2
1.7
0.8
0.2
1.5
0.5
0.1
1.4
0.59
0.18
1.7
0.57
0.18
Environmental Specifications6
Temperature (°C)
Operating
Non-operating
0 to 60
-40 to 65
0 to 60
-40 to 65
0 to 60
-40 to 65
0 to 60
-40 to 65
0 to 60
-40 to 65
Acoustics (dBA)7
Idle
Seek (average)
24
25
24
25
19
21
24
25
20
21
Physical Dimensions
Height (in./mm) 0.59/15 0.59/15 0.28/7.0 0.374/9.50 0.28/7.0
Length (in./mm) 3.94/100.20 3.94/100.20 3.94/100.20 3.94/100.20 3.94/100.20
Width (in./mm) 2.75/69.85 2.75/69.85 2.75/69.97 2.75/69.85 2.75/69.85
Weight (lb/kg, ± 10%) 0.40/0.18 0.40/0.18 0.20/0.09 0.27/0.12 0.21/0.09
1 Not all products may be available in all regions of the world.
2 As used for storage capacity, one megabyte (MB) = one million bytes, one gigabyte (GB) = one billion bytes, and one terabyte (TB) = one trillion bytes. Total accessible capacity varies depending on operating environment. As used for buffer or cache, one megabyte (MB) = 1,048,576 bytes. 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. Effective maximum SATA 6 Gb/s transfer rate calculated according to the Serial ATA specication published by the SATA-IO organization as of the date of this specication
sheet. Visit www.sata-io.org for details.
3 WD hard drive products manufactured and sold worldwide after June 8, 2011, meet or exceed Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS) compliance requirements as mandated by the RoHS Directive 2011/65/EU.
4 Controlled unload at ambient condition.
5 See http://support.wd.com/warranty for regionally specic warranty details.
6 No non-recoverable errors during operating tests or after non-operating tests.
7 Sound power level.
WD Blue™
-3-
Specifications 750GB 500GB 500GB 320GB 250GB
Model number1WD7500BPVX WD5000BPVX WD5000LPVX
WD5000LPCX
WD3200LPVX
WD3200LPCX
WD2500LPVX
WD2500LPCX
Interface2SATA 6 Gb/s SATA 6 Gb/s SATA 6 Gb/s SATA 6 Gb/s SATA 6 Gb/s
Formatted capacity2750,156MB 500,107MB 500,107MB 320,072MB 250,059MB
Advanced Format (AF) Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Form factor 2.5-inch 2.5-inch 2.5-inch 2.5-inch 2.5-inch
RoHS compliant3Yes Yes Yes Ye s Yes
Performance
Data transfer rates
Interface speed 6 Gb/s 6 Gb/s 6 Gb/s 6 Gb/s 6 Gb/s
Cache (MB) 8 8 8 (LPVX)
16 (LPCX)
8 (LPVX)
16 (LPCX)
8 (LPVX)
16 (LPCX)
Average latency (ms) 5.5 5.5 5.5 5.5 5.5
Rotational speed (RPM) 5400 5400 5400 5400 5400
Average drive ready time (sec) 3.0 3.0 2.8 2.8 2.8
Reliability/Data Integrity
Load/unload cycles4600,000 600,000 600,000 600,000 600,000
Non-recoverable read errors per bits read <1 in 1014 <1 in 1014 <1 in 1014 <1 in 1014 <1 in 1014
Limited warranty (years)52 2 2 2 2
Power Management
5VDC ±10% (A, peak) 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00
Average power requirements (W)
Read/Write
Idle
Standby/Sleep
1.6
0.65
0.20
1.4
0.59
0.18
1.4
0.55
0.13 (LPVX)
0.16 (LPCX)
1.4
0.55
0.13 (LPVX)
0.16 (LPCX)
1.4
0.55
0.13 (LPVX)
0.16 (LPCX)
Environmental Specifications6
Temperature (°C)
Operating
Non-operating
0 to 60
-40 to 65
0 to 60
-40 to 65
0 to 60
-40 to 65
0 to 60
-40 to 65
0 to 60
-40 to 65
Acoustics (dBA)7
Idle
Seek (average)
24
25
24
25
17
22
17
22
17
22
Physical Dimensions
Height (in./mm) 0.374/9.50 0.374/9.50 0.28/7.0 0.28/7.0 0.28/7.0
Length (in./mm) 3.94/100.20 3.94/100.20 3.94/100.20 3.94/100.20 3.94/100.20
Width (in./mm) 2.75/69.85 2.75/69.85 2.75/69.85 2.75/69.85 2.75/69.85
Weight (lb/kg, ± 10%) 0.34/0.15 0.25/0.12 0.20/0.09 0.20/0.09 0.20/0.09
1 Not all products may be available in all regions of the world.
2 As used for storage capacity, one megabyte (MB) = one million bytes, one gigabyte (GB) = one billion bytes, and one terabyte (TB) = one trillion bytes. Total accessible capacity varies depending on operating environment. As used for buffer or cache, one megabyte (MB) = 1,048,576 bytes. 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. Effective maximum SATA 6 Gb/s transfer rate calculated according to the Serial ATA specication published by the SATA-IO organization as of the date of this specication
sheet. Visit www.sata-io.org for details.
3 WD hard drive products manufactured and sold worldwide after June 8, 2011, meet or exceed Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS) compliance requirements as mandated by the RoHS Directive 2011/65/EU.
4 Controlled unload at ambient condition.
5 See http://support.wd.com/warranty for regionally specic warranty details..
6 No non-recoverable errors during operating tests or after non-operating tests.
7 Sound power level.
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