Reddit Reddit reviews WD Blue 500GB Mobile Hard Disk Drive - 5400 RPM SATA 6 Gb/s 7.0 MM 2.5 Inch - WD5000LPVX

We found 21 Reddit comments about WD Blue 500GB Mobile Hard Disk Drive - 5400 RPM SATA 6 Gb/s 7.0 MM 2.5 Inch - WD5000LPVX. Here are the top ones, ranked by their Reddit score.

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WD Blue 500GB  Mobile Hard Disk Drive - 5400 RPM SATA 6 Gb/s  7.0 MM 2.5 Inch  - WD5000LPVX
IntelliSeek: Calculates optimum seek speeds to lower power consumption, noise and vibration.Data LifeGuard: Advanced algorithms monitor your drive continuously so it stays in optimum health.NoTouch Ramp Load Technology: Safely positions the recording head off the disk surface to protect your data.2-year manufacturer limited warrantyPackage includes a hard drive only - no screws, cables, manuals included. Please purchase mounting hardware and cables separately if necessary.Ships in WD-certified box for safe transit during shipping
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21 Reddit comments about WD Blue 500GB Mobile Hard Disk Drive - 5400 RPM SATA 6 Gb/s 7.0 MM 2.5 Inch - WD5000LPVX:

u/SadXbox · 6 pointsr/xbox360

>Much easier to buy official HDDs.

easier for sure, but not cheaper. the official 500GB drive is currently $110 on amazon.

meanwhile, a bare 500GB WD 2.5" drive is only $48 delivered, and a proper enclosure is $6 delivered.

So you can spend $110 and be good to go right out of the box, or you can do some work on your end and have the same thing for half that price ($54).

u/RottonApple · 3 pointsr/PS3

There is no console on the market today that allows the end user to swap out, install, or otherwise upgrade the memory of the system.

As for STORAGE, you can easily upgrade the HDD in the PS3. More easily than even possible on the Xbox. $44 will get you a 500 GB HDD that you can install into your PS3.

A 12 GB HDD will not work well at all, simply because you have to install nearly every game to the HDD on PS. That sucker will fill up fast.

Oh and every modern PS3 is equipped with WiFi and an Ethernet IO port.

u/AceDynamicHero · 3 pointsr/FinalFantasy

http://www.amazon.com/Western-Digital-Drives-Notebook-WD5000LPVX/dp/B00C9TECFO/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1407442805&sr=8-1&keywords=laptop+hard+drive

There is a 500 GB one for 50 bucks but honestly, all you gotta do is shop around for a laptop hard drive. You might be able to find a better one for cheap or whatever the like.

u/GeneralOsik · 3 pointsr/thinkpad

There is a lot of great info in this ThinkPad Product Specifications Reference PDF, specifically starting on page 45.

  1. You don't need a caddy for the main drive bay, but the bumpers and the tray help with drop protection and ease of removal and instillation. I would recommend getting one. For the second hard drive bay, you need a caddy.

  2. The main hard drive caddy is for the main hard drive, which will hold 7mm drives. The second hard drive caddy is for the 12.7mm Ultrabay, which for your computer, probably currently holds the DVD drive. This caddy will fit 9mm hard drives. Both hard drive caddies hold 2.5 inch wide drives. 9mm and 7mm refers to the height of the drive. 7mm drives can fit in 9mm caddies, but not vice versa. If you install a hard drive in the Ultrabay with the aid of the second hard drive caddy, you could install the operating system on this drive. That is up to you.

  3. 7mm for the main hard drive bay, 9mm for the second hard drive bay caddy. 12.7 is the size of the Ultrabay, but the caddy for this bay only holds a 9mm hard drive.

  4. 7mm for the main hard drive bay, 9mm for the second hard drive bay caddy.

  5. You will need a 2.5 inch SATA hard drive. It does not need to be formatted specifically for the T430. As long as you get a SATA hard drive, the ports will be in the right place. When you install the hard drive, if you have trouble putting it in, try turning it upside down.

    Did the listing specify if the computer has included the main hard drive tray, bumpers, and cover? You will need a cover for the main drive bay if the computer is missing it.

    If I where you, I would get a solid state drive for the main hard drive bay. They are 2.5 inch, 7mm SATA. Any drive will do, but I recommend the Crucial M500 or the SanDisk Extreme. You could also get a 7mm standard, spinning hard drive, like this Western Digital Blue

    I would also get a second hard drive caddy and install it in the Ultrabay slot. This Seagate Hybrid Drive or this Western Digital Black would do nicely.

    If you have any more questions, just let me know!
u/construktz · 2 pointsr/SuggestALaptop

You would do well with an Acer Aspire V7. It has an i5-4200U, 8GB RAM, 500GB HDD, and an Nvidia GT 750M dedicated graphics card to help you run SolidWorks.

It also is very light for a 15.6" laptop at 4.8lbs and gets over 6.5hrs of battery life.

There is also a 14" version with more battery life and is even lighter.

As for your Toshiba Satellite... they are pretty low quality machines, and they use pretty cheap parts, which is most likely why your HD died. You could get This HD, slap it in there, and use it as a backup or just sell it and get some of your money back.

u/mb9023 · 2 pointsr/xbox360

I think you can use an external hard drive but it would have to be formatted for the XBox and you wouldn't be able to use it for anything else. When I say laptop size I mean a 2.5" internal drive that you would put in a laptop. There's a bay on the bottom of the Xbox that you can slide it into.

Like this - http://www.amazon.com/Western-Digital-Drives-Notebook-WD5000LPVX/dp/B00C9TECFO/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1417536276&sr=8-2&keywords=wd+laptop+drive

u/archover · 2 pointsr/archlinux

Safe options to avoid modifying your existing Windows drive:

  • Buy a Sandisk USB3 16-32GB flash drive, and perform a conventional install to it. You would be amazed at how fast Arch boots and runs this way!. Be careful about your /dev devices during this process. It's really pretty easy. It also functions as a rescue tool, and as a way to easily demo Linux on a non-believers laptop for them.

  • Buy or find an inexpensive ($50) hdd (for Arch, temporarily) and swap your Windows drive out.

  • As others say, try VirtualBox under Windows to host your Arch guest.

    I still use the first option everyday even after years.

    The first two options will safely get you into Arch, and since they are hardware installs, they are exact practice for your final SSD install. (In my experience, VM's "hide" the (maybe slight) complexity of storage, network and graphics).

    Good luck.
u/restubs · 1 pointr/gaming

I just went with this :

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00C9TECFO/ref=od_aui_detailpages00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

It had great reviews on it , seems promising. hopefully it'll work

u/Whimby · 1 pointr/buildapc

Same thing happened to me and I replaced it with this one. http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00C9TECFO It's got a 2 year limited warranty and has worked well so far.

u/asderxsdxcv · 1 pointr/PS3

can i use this with this to back up my 160 gb hdd?

u/iWizardB · 1 pointr/buildapc

I have a 7 year old Acer Aspire 5745G laptop. The hard drive catastrophically crashed 2 weeks and data is unrecoverable. I need to get a replacement drive. The official channel I went through quoted me $119 price for a 500 GB HDD. Lol. Can I just get any 2.5 SATA HDD (for example, this WD blue) from Amazon and that'll work on the laptop OR are there compatibility checks required?

u/e60deluxe · 1 pointr/techsupport

you would have to do a fresh install of windows. when you do the install perform a full format. that will take some time. it will scan the disk for bad sectors and mark them as not to be used. that has the possibility of working and get you going for a while, but to be honest i would buy a new hard drive.

http://www.amazon.com/Western-Digital-Drives-Notebook-WD5000LPVX/dp/B00C9TECFO/

if yo dont need alot of GBs i would recommend a solid state drive:

http://www.amazon.com/Crucial-MX100-adapter-Internal-CT512MX100SSD1/dp/B00KFAGCUM/

they are faster and not susceptible to bumps and shocks like normal drives.

u/fizzlefist · 1 pointr/playstation

Don't buy any games for a while and upgrade hard drives would be my suggestion. You can get 500GB for under $50 these days.

u/indrora · 1 pointr/pcmasterrace

Intel celeron nuc: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00HVKLSVC/

Ram (4gb): http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00CQ35GYE/

Disk: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00C9TECFO/

Sidecar: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00ELQZD10/

Cost of RAM + Disk: $83.99, leaving $216. If we use the Celeron NUC, we have $81 left, enough for a small SSD or Wifi. Bump the cost up to $350 and we have enough for an i3 + wifi when we use the i3 NUC ( http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00HOJAVDG/ ).

The SSD can easily hold an OS if you're using it purely for the OS, but there's some Intel trickery you can use to make it into a cache, or just use it as a storage disk for "Things that are small". Like uh, Business Documents. Plus, it's upgradable to anyone with a screwdriver and a copy of the manual. Plus, the NUCs make the little intel Ding-Da-dun-da-ding sound whenever you open the packaging.

Oh, and 1080p up to 4k. A friend of mine uses a NUC to run his dual 4k coding setup. Oh, and play quake in glorious 4k 120fps.

u/donat28 · 1 pointr/PS3

but if I got something like this I can just kind of plug and play?

u/fuzzs11 · 1 pointr/PS3

Well, these were my last two options: this and this

u/SkinkiJ · 1 pointr/buildapc

I dont really need that much and I also have this one laying around which I could use.

u/RagglenLove · -2 pointsr/linuxquestions

SSDs are still more expensive than HDDs, for example:

> WD 500GB HDD - $35 (https://www.amazon.com/Blue-500GB-Mobile-Hard-Drive/dp/B00C9TECFO)

> WD 500GB SSD - $64 (https://www.amazon.com/Blue-NAND-500GB-SSD-WDS500G2B0A/dp/B073SBZ8YH)

See, SDDs are still more expense than HDDs and that fact that my dad's laptop is running very smooth without reformatting and defragging says that EXT4 is better than NTFS.