Western Digital 2TB Blue 64MB 3.5IN SATA 6GB/s 5400RPM

Western Digital 2TB Blue 64MB 3.5IN SATA 6GB/s 5400RPM | Room for a desktop’s everyday files

When a desktop needs more room for files that don’t need to live on a fast solid-state drive, a 2TB hard drive can take on the larger, less frequently opened items. This Western Digital Blue is a 3.5-inch SATA drive, with a stated interface speed of 6GB/s, a 5400RPM rotational speed and 64MB of cache. Those details make it a straightforward storage option to consider for a desktop build or an upgrade where a 3.5-inch SATA drive is appropriate. It’s a hard drive, not an SSD, so its appeal is capacity in a familiar desktop format rather than SSD-style responsiveness. The Blue name and concrete figures make it easy to compare with the storage already in your plans. One honest point: the connection and physical fit need to suit the machine you intend to use it in.

Choosing it for a desktop

Think about what you want this drive to hold before deciding where it belongs in your setup. It can be considered for a collection of documents, photos, video files or other data that benefits from having a dedicated place; those are examples of possible uses, not a promise about any particular computer or software. A rotating hard drive is a sensible format to weigh when capacity matters more than quick access to every file. If you’re choosing between this and a solid-state drive, the main distinction to keep in mind is the drive type: this model’s 5400RPM figure identifies it as a rotational drive, rather than an SSD. For a build, treat the 3.5-inch size and SATA connection as the key details to match to the intended installation. That’s a more useful starting point than choosing on the Blue name alone.

Technical Specifications

• Brand: Western Digital
• Product line: Blue
• Capacity: 2TB
• Cache: 64MB
• Form factor: 3.5-inch
• Interface: SATA
• Interface speed: 6GB/s
• Rotational speed: 5400RPM