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product_id: 49678943
title: "Western Digital WD5003AZEX Black 500 GB Performance Hard Drive"
brand: "wd_black"
price: "R52"
currency: ZAR
in_stock: false
reviews_count: 8
url: https://www.desertcart.co.za/products/49678943-western-digital-wd5003azex-black-500-gb-performance-hard-drive
store_origin: ZA
region: South Africa
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# 7200 RPM speed 500 GB capacity SATA-600 interface Western Digital WD5003AZEX Black 500 GB Performance Hard Drive

**Brand:** wd_black
**Price:** R52
**Availability:** ❌ Out of Stock

## Summary

> 💥 Power your passion with WD Black — where speed meets reliability!

## Quick Answers

- **What is this?** Western Digital WD5003AZEX Black 500 GB Performance Hard Drive by wd_black
- **How much does it cost?** R52 with free shipping
- **Is it available?** Currently out of stock
- **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.co.za](https://www.desertcart.co.za/products/49678943-western-digital-wd5003azex-black-500-gb-performance-hard-drive)

## Best For

- wd_black enthusiasts

## Why This Product

- Trusted wd_black brand quality
- Free international shipping included
- Worldwide delivery with tracking
- 15-day hassle-free returns

## Key Features

- • **SATA-600 Interface:** Maximize data transfer rates with the latest Serial ATA-600 technology for uninterrupted performance.
- • **Blazing 7200 RPM Spin Speed:** Experience ultra-responsive load times and seamless multitasking for your creative and gaming projects.
- • **500 GB High-Performance Storage:** Store your essential files, games, and media with ample space that keeps up with your demanding workflow.
- • **Engineered for Creatives & Gamers:** Tailored to power photo editing, game loading, and design tasks without lag or compromise.
- • **Rock-Solid Mechanical Architecture:** Built to last with durable components that ensure reliability under heavy use and intense workloads.

## Overview

The Western Digital WD5003AZEX Black 500 GB Performance Hard Drive is a 3.5-inch mechanical HDD designed for high-demand PC users, featuring a 7200 RPM rotational speed and SATA-600 interface. Ideal for creative professionals and gamers, it delivers fast data access and robust durability to handle intensive tasks like photo editing, gaming, and digital design.

## Description

Product Description               WD Caviar Black drives combine a high performance electronics architecture with a rock solid mechanical architecture to deliver the perfect storage solution for your fully-loaded PC or maxed out gaming machine.                  Box Contains               1xHard Drive

## Features

- Performance hard drives: Maximum performance for power computing
- Target audience: Creative enthusiasts and gamers
- Ideal for: Editing photos, playing games, designing creative artwork or other instances where performance is a necessity
- WD PC hard drive performance

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| Brand | WD_BLACK |
| Product Dimensions | 14.73 x 10.16 x 2.54 cm; 41 g |
| Item model number | WD5003AZEX-SPK3CA0 |
| Manufacturer | Western Digital |
| Series | WD5003AZEX Caviar Black |
| Colour | Black |
| Form Factor | 3.5-inch |
| Standing screen display size | 3.5 Inches |
| Hard Drive Size | 500 GB |
| Hard Disk Description | Mechanical Hard Disk |
| Hard Drive Interface | Serial ATA-600 |
| Hard Disk Rotational Speed | 7200 RPM |
| Wattage | 6 watts |
| Hardware Platform | PC |
| Operating System | Yes |
| Are Batteries Included | No |
| Lithium Battery Weight | 2 Kilograms |
| Item Weight | 41 g |
| Guaranteed software updates until | unknown |

## Product Details

- **Digital storage capacity:** 500 GB
- **Hard disk interface:** Serial ATA-600
- **Connectivity technology:** SATA
- **Brand:** WD_BLACK
- **Hard disk form factor:** 3.5 Inches
- **Hard disk description:** Mechanical Hard Disk
- **Compatible devices:** Mac compatibility
- **Installation type:** Internal Hard Drive
- **Colour:** Black
- **Hard disk size:** 500 GB

## Images

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## Available Options

This product comes in different **Customer Package Type** options.

## Questions & Answers

**Q: Is this a 4K sector Advanced Format drive?**
A: No, from what I understand the Black Series are not 4K drives. This is from Western the Digital website:"What models utilize Advanced Format technology?Some models of the WD Caviar Green and WD Scorpio Blue product families are built using Advanced Format technology. Over time more models and capacities will be added. WD drives with Advanced Format technology include special installation information on the drive label so be sure to read the label on your drive before installing it."Others have posted in BLOGs: "...the drives with model numbers that end in EARS and AARS are the advance format drives...."I hope that helps to answer your inquiry!

**Q: Does this purchase  come with free download of  WD Acronics true image ?**
A: I do not know if Amazon has a deal that packages Acronis with the WD Black 500GB drive but this is not normally included.

**Q: Does this still have the 5-year warranty? And since the warranty is based on the manufacture date, do you happen to know the date of this drive?**
A: I bought this drive in 2017 and it began to fail 2019.  Still under WD warranty, however, they would not honor the warranty because it was an OEM drive not a boxed retail drive.  Even though it is within WD's warranty period, Amazon will not honor it.

**Q: Do you foresee any problems installing 2 WD 500Gb in a Dell 660, Win 8 desktop. 1 for storage/backup.**
A: No! (problems). First things first. I am not brand loyal about PC brands. I build all of my PC, CPU hand installed onto Motherboard, Windows installed on new WD HD etc. Video Cards, the works. Now I do favor WD-HD's because I once dropped one (up-side down) onto a hard floor from the table), and it still worked for years. I have always used (2) WD-HD's. I keep all of my files & drawings on my D-drive in case the Win- C-drive crash. You can still use your (old) D-drive even with a newly installed C-drive. So go ahead, Windows 7 can do it for sure, & so should Win-8.1

## Customer Reviews

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    Great Hard Drive - Poor Packaging
  

*by J***R on Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on 3 May 2013*

I've had many makes of hard drive over the years but seem to migrate towards Western Digital as a preference. They are generally quiet and reliable, certainly I have never had one fail and indeed one I own is now a grand 9 years old and still going strong (obviously no sensitive data stored on it any more!)I replaced a "Blue Caviar" drive with this item which is the faster "Black". It features double the processing power on the built-in controller and is consequently much quicker to grab and write data. An added bonus is that it also runs more coolly. The previous "Blue" ran at an average 29-30c whereas the "Black" is running at about 26c. Over time too much heat kills electronics so this is good.In operation the drive is as quiet as the "Blue" and once up to operating speed can rarely be heard. My personal advice would be to use some kind of rubber washer mountings in your case just to insulate the drive further. It doesn't need it but will benefit from it.The only bad thing about this purchase was the packaging. It wasn't the lovely foam-padded box in the product photos. Mine came in an OEM cardboard box - no Amazon outer at all - held in place within the box by two rigid plastic inserts. Luckily the drive doesn't seem to have suffered but it caused me great concern when it arrived. I would happily pay just a little more for the Amazon card outer of old or for some of that foam.

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    This was very expensive but this HDD was the perfect fit for my needs and for my build
  

*by A***N on Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on 10 June 2015*

I think its time to make a review about the HDD!.This was very expensive but this HDD was the perfect fit for my needs and for my build, For my experience for this HDD that sometimes i can hear it spinning, I have never used this HDD for gaming and Windows 7 is on my SSD so i cant really say if its fast with Windows 7 or for gaming because i have Windows 7 and some of my games on my SSD, This HDD was for more space just in case my SSD was filling up too fast.I only give this 4/5 because sometimes i can hear it spinning!

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    So far so good
  

*by J***K on Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on 6 June 2013*

Western Digital Black - 500GB Desktop SATA Hard Drive - OEMUsing this in a caddy as i filled a previous drive ..Caddy does not have a fan  but didn't even get warm while moving over nearly 300gb ..i always use WD raptor 10,000rpm usually.. but in this case i went with the black for stability and low heat for an external 2nd back up .. its slightly more expensive .. but if you want reliability .. you pay a little extra  right.  Packaging was acceptable .. delivery time was a day quicker than stated .. Thankyou

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*Last updated: 2026-01-23*