WD Blue and Black - 2,5-inch alloy wheels, 5 mm thick

Western Digital started shipping the first models of high-performance thin hybrid drives and hard drives with different thickness of the shell only 5 mm. New items intended for use in ultra portable computing devices and systems with high density of components. Presented series, which included a compact high-speed model 500 GB. In addition, the expense of small size, could reduce by 36 percent weight storage than the standard 9.5 mm HDDs. New 5mm device series WD Blue and WD Black in working and off states are able to withstand shock accelerations up to 400g and 1000g, respectively. Additional devices use technology Edge Card (allowing to increase the free space inside the tape drive, which increases the impact resistance), Edge Card connector type SFF-8784, dvuhprivodnaya head positioning system. About the beginning of sales of devices in Russia and recommended pricing to be announced.