Western Digital Blue (3.5")

Western Digital Blue Desktop, also formerly known as Western Digital Caviar Blue, is a hard drive family created by Western Digital. It was the first drive family to use WD's colour branding scheme, one which would continue to be used to the present day.

History

The WD Blue Desktop family were initially released as WD Caviar Blue, which included most members of this family's predecessor, the Caviar SE. Initially playing host to most of Western Digital's most premium drives, as Caviar SE had, it was eventually relegated to single platter low-cost system integrator drives by 2012.

In 2015, all Green drives were transferred to this family, following negative reception due to that family's head parking issues and negative controversy. As part of the transition, they received new labels and identifier codes, but remained in whatever Marvell family they were before.

Current products

7,200 RPM 1 TB/platter

• WDC WD5000AZLX-xxK4KAx/WDC WD5000AZLX-xxCL5Ax/WDC WD5000AZLX-xxK2TAx/WDC WD5000AZLX-xxJKKAx
• WDC WD10EZEX-xxRKKAx/WDC WD10EZEX-xxZF5Ax/WDC WD10EZEX-xxBN5Ax/WDC WD10EZEX-xxKUWAx/WDC WD10EZEX-xxMFCAx/WDC WD10EZEX-xxWN4Ax

5,400 RPM 1 TB/platter CMR

• WDC WD5000AZRZ-xxHTKBx
• WDC WD10EZRZ-xxHTKBx/WDC WD10EZRZ-xxZ5HBx
• WDC WD20EZRZ-xxZ5HBx
• WDC WD30EZRZ-xxZ5HBx

5,700 RPM 1.2 TB/platter CMR

• WDC WD60EZRZ-xxRWYBx/WDC WD60EZRZ-xxGZ5Bx

5,400 RPM 1.33 TB/platter CMR

• WDC WD30EZRZ-xxGXCBx
• WDC WD40EZRZ-xxGXCBx

5,400 RPM 2 TB/platter SMR

• WDC WD20EFAX-xxGGJBx
• WDC WD40EFAX-xxZGHBx/WDC WD40EFAX-xxSF3Bx
• WDC WD60EFAX-xxZGHBx/WDC WD60EFAX-xxSF3Bx

Historic models

7,200 RPM 1 TB/platter

• WDC WD10EZLX-xxK4KAx
• WDC WD20EZEX-xxEYGAx

5,400/5,700 RPM 1 TB/platter CMR

• WDC WD30EZRZ-xxWN9Bx
• WDC WD40EZRZ-xxWN9Bx

5,700 RPM 1.2 TB/platter CMR

• WDC WD50EZRZ-xxRWYBx/WDC WD50EZRZ-xxGZ5Bx