WD Blue 500 GB 2.5 Inch Internal Hard Drive - 5400 RPM Class, SATA 6 Gb/s, 16 MB Cache

by Western Digital

WD Blue 500 GB 2.5 Inch Internal Hard Drive - 5400 RPM Class, SATA 6 Gb/s, 16 MB Cache — charted as a top-100 best-selling hard drive on Amazon UK in 2 different years (2016–2017), peaking at #59.

About this hard drive

  • Solid performance and reliability provide a dependable mobile computing experience
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Details

Peak position#59 (of 2 years charting)
Charted2016–2017
CategoryData Storage › Internal Data Storage › Internal Hard Drives
PublisherWestern Digital
Price range£12.99 – £92.45 (all time)

Price history

Amazon UK price history for WD Blue 500 GB 2.5 Inch Internal Hard Drive - 5400 RPM Class, SATA 6 Gb/s, 16 MB Cache

Price history chart by Keepa.

In the charts

Its best year was 2017, when it finished at #59 in Amazon UK’s annual Top 100 hard drives. That year’s #1 was Toshiba Canvio Basics 1TB Portable External Hard Drive 2.5 Inch USB 3.0 - Black - HDTB310EK3AA by Toshiba. It first charted in 2016 at #66, and peaked in its final year on the list, 2017, at #59.

Around it in 2017

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Chart History

FAQs

Was "WD Blue 500 GB 2.5 Inch Internal Hard Drive - 5400 RPM Class, SATA 6 Gb/s, 16 MB Cache" a bestseller?
WD Blue 500 GB 2.5 Inch Internal Hard Drive - 5400 RPM Class, SATA 6 Gb/s, 16 MB Cache — charted as a top-100 best-selling hard drive on Amazon UK in 2 different years (2016–2017), peaking at #59.

What was the best-selling hard drive of 2017?
"Toshiba Canvio Basics 1TB Portable External Hard Drive 2.5 Inch USB 3.0 - Black - HDTB310EK3AA" by Toshiba was the #1 best-selling hard drive on Amazon UK in 2017. "WD Blue 500 GB 2.5 Inch Internal Hard Drive - 5400 RPM Class, SATA 6 Gb/s, 16 MB Cache" finished at #59 that year.

What other hard drives by Western Digital were bestsellers?
"WD Blue 1TB 3.5" Internal Hard Drive - 7200 RPM Class, SATA 6 Gb/s, 64MB Cache, 2 Year Warranty" (peak #2, 2016–2023); "WD 1 TB Elements Portable Hard Drive" (peak #2, 2017–2026); "WD 2TB Elements portable external hard drive, USB 3.0 interface, portable external storage, Plug-and-Play, SuperSpeed USB 3.2 Gen 1, Formatted for PC and Mac, Black" (peak #3, 2017–2024); "WD Red 3TB 3.5 Inch NAS Internal Hard Drive - 5400 RPM - WD30EFRX" (peak #5, 2016–2020); "WD 4TB Elements AE Portable External Hard Drive, SuperSpeed USB 3.2 Gen 1/USB 3.0, Plug-and-Play, Formatted for Windows, Black" (peak #6, 2025–2026).

What years did "WD Blue 500 GB 2.5 Inch Internal Hard Drive - 5400 RPM Class, SATA 6 Gb/s, 16 MB Cache" chart on Amazon UK?
It appeared in the annual Top 100 best-selling hard drives list in: 2017 (#59), 2016 (#66).