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{| class="wikitable sortable" summary="List of 3.5" Western Digital Blue Desktop models currently in production."
{| class="wikitable sortable" summary="List of 3.5" Western Digital Blue Desktop models currently in production."
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|-
! Model || Capacity || Density || Spindle speed (RPM) || Cache (MiB) || SMR? || Family || Year released
! Model || Capacity || Density || Spindle speed (RPM) || Cache (MiB) || SMR? || Family || Year released || Year discontinued
|-
|-
|[[WDC WD3200AAKS-xxL9Ax]]
|[[WDC WD3200AAKS-xxL9Ax]]
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|[[:Category:Western Digital Marvell Pinclite|Pinclite]]
|[[:Category:Western Digital Marvell Pinclite|Pinclite]]
|2009
|2009
|2011
|-
|[[WDC WD5000AAKS-xxL9Ax]]
|500 GB
|500 GB
|7,200
|16
|No
|[[:Category:Western Digital Marvell Tahoe XL|Tahoe XL]]
|2010
|2015
|-
|[[WDC WD10EZLX-xxK4KAx]]
|1 GB
|1 GB
|7,200
|32
|No
|[[:Category:Western Digital Marvell Tressels|Tressels]]
|2011
|2012
|-
|[[WDC WD20EZEX-xxEYGAx]]
|1 GB
|1 GB
|7,200
|64
|No
|[[:Category:Western Digital Marvell Rainier|Rainier]]
|2016
|2016
|-
|-
|[[WDC WD20EZAZ-xxGGJBx]]
|[[WDC WD20EZAZ-xxGGJBx]]
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|[[:Category:Western Digital Marvell Carmel|Carmel]]
|[[:Category:Western Digital Marvell Carmel|Carmel]]
|2019
|2019
|2020
|-
|[[WDC WD30EZRZ-xxWN9Bx]]
|3 TB
|1 TB
|5,400
|64
|No
|[[:Category:Western Digital Marvell Giant|Giant]]
|2015
|2017
|-
|-
|[[WDC WD30EZAZ-xxZGHBx]]
|[[WDC WD30EZAZ-xxZGHBx]]
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|[[:Category:Western Digital Marvell Venice|Venice]]
|[[:Category:Western Digital Marvell Venice|Venice]]
|2019
|2019
|2020
|-
|[[WDC WD40EZRZ-xxWN9Bx]]
|4 TB
|1 TB
|5,400
|64
|No
|Giant
|2015
|2017
|-
|-
|[[WDC WD40EZAZ-xxZGHBx]]
|[[WDC WD40EZAZ-xxZGHBx]]
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|Venice
|Venice
|2019
|2019
|2020
|-
|[[WDC WD50EZRZ-xxWN9Bx]]
|5 TB
|1.2 TB
|5,700
|64
|No
|[[:Category:Western Digital Marvell Rembrndt|Rembrndt]]
|2015
|2020
|-
|[[WDC WD60EZRZ-xxWN9Bx]]
|6 TB
|1.2 TB
|5,700
|64
|No
|Rembrndt
|2015
|2020
|-
|-
|[[WDC WD60EZAZ-xxZGHBx]]
|[[WDC WD60EZAZ-xxZGHBx]]
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|Venice
|Venice
|2019
|2019
|2020
|}
|}
==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]]


==References==
==References==

Revision as of 11:26, 28 June 2022

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. Historically home to 7,200 RPM drives for low-cost PCs, it was expanded in 2015 to include high capacity 5,400 RPM class drives as well.

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. Initially, this family inherited the Caviar name from its predecessors, to distinguish it from Western Digital Scorpio Blue for 2.5" drives, but this was eventually simplified to just Blue by 2013.

In 2015, all Green drives were transferred to this family, following negative reception due to that family's head parking issues and negative controversy.[1] As part of the transition, they received new labels and identifier codes, but remained in whatever Marvell family they were before.

Current products

Model Capacity (TB) Spindle speed (RPM) Cache (MiB) SMR? Family Year released
WDC WD5000AZLX-xxK2TAx 0.5 7,200 32 No TresXLB2 2018?
WDC WD5000AZRZ-xxHTKBx 0.5 5,400 64 No TrailXLB 2015
WDC WD10EZEX-xxWN4Ax 1 7,200 64 No TresXLB2 2018?
WDC WD10EZEX-xxBBHAx 1 7,200 64 No TresUL 2021
WDC WD10EZRZ-xxHTKBx 1 5,400 64 No TrailXLB 2015
WDC WD10EZRZ-xxZ5HBx 1 5,400 64 No Diablo3s 2015
WDC WD20EZRZ-xxZ5HBx 2 5,400 64 No Diablo3s 2015
WDC WD20EZAZ-xxL9GBx 2 5,400 256 Yes Carmel R 2020
WDC WD20EZBX-xxAYRAx 2 7,200 256 Yes Carmel R7 2020
WDC WD30EZRZ-xxZ5HBx 3 5,400 64 No Diablo3s 2015
WDC WD30EZRZ-xxGXCBx 3 5,400 64 No Apollo 2017
WDC WD30EZAZ-xxSF3Bx 3 5,400 256 Yes Venice R 2020
WDC WD40EZRZ-xxGXCBx 4 5,400 64 No Apollo 2017
WDC WD40EZAZ-xxSF3Bx 4 5,400 256 Yes Venice R 2020
WDC WD60EZAZ-xxSF3Bx 6 5,400 256 Yes Venice R 2020
WDC WD80EAZZ-xxBKLBx 8 5,640 128 No Avalon C5 2021

Former models

Model Capacity Density Spindle speed (RPM) Cache (MiB) SMR? Family Year released Year discontinued
WDC WD3200AAKS-xxL9Ax 320 GB 320 GB 7,200 16 No Pinclite 2009 2011
WDC WD5000AAKS-xxL9Ax 500 GB 500 GB 7,200 16 No Tahoe XL 2010 2015
WDC WD10EZLX-xxK4KAx 1 GB 1 GB 7,200 32 No Tressels 2011 2012
WDC WD20EZEX-xxEYGAx 1 GB 1 GB 7,200 64 No Rainier 2016 2016
WDC WD20EZAZ-xxGGJBx 2 TB 2 TB 5,400 256 Yes Carmel 2019 2020
WDC WD30EZRZ-xxWN9Bx 3 TB 1 TB 5,400 64 No Giant 2015 2017
WDC WD30EZAZ-xxZGHBx 3 TB 2 TB 5,400 256 Yes Venice 2019 2020
WDC WD40EZRZ-xxWN9Bx 4 TB 1 TB 5,400 64 No Giant 2015 2017
WDC WD40EZAZ-xxZGHBx 4 TB 2 TB 5,400 256 Yes Venice 2019 2020
WDC WD50EZRZ-xxWN9Bx 5 TB 1.2 TB 5,700 64 No Rembrndt 2015 2020
WDC WD60EZRZ-xxWN9Bx 6 TB 1.2 TB 5,700 64 No Rembrndt 2015 2020
WDC WD60EZAZ-xxZGHBx 6 TB 2 TB 5,400 256 Yes Venice 2019 2020

References

  1. ↑ Johnson, Renee. "Western Digital paints its Green hard drives Blue in rebranding". The Tech Report.
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