WD5003AZEX: Western Digital WD_BLACK 3.5-Inch Gaming Hard Drive 500GB 7200RPM SATA 64MB Cache 3.5-Inch
MPN: WD5003AZEX|By: Western Digital
Price
Quoted on request
Current pricing within 48 business hours.
In Stockships worldwide
Key specs
- Capacity
- 500GB
- Drive Interface
- SATA
- Rotational Speed
- 7200RPM
- Form Factor
- 3.5-Inch
- Cache
- 64MB
- Condition:
- New (authorized channel)
- Warranty:
- Full manufacturer warranty
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Authorized & warrantied
Sourced through authorized distribution, with the full manufacturer warranty.
Compatibility checked
Validated against your server platform before dispatch.
Delivery & lead time
Confirmed with your quote, including expedited freight where available.
Business & public sector
POs, net terms and volume pricing for qualified organizations, government and edu.
Product overview
Part number WD5003AZEX identifies this Western Digital WD_BLACK 3.5-Inch gaming hard Drive 500GB 7200RPM SATA 64MB cache 3.5-Inch. Rebuild time scales with capacity, so a large drive in a parity group is a longer window of exposure. This one spins at 7200RPM. Tell us the RAID level and group size and we will say plainly whether the geometry still makes sense.
If you are buying a spare rather than a replacement, say so, and we will match the firmware family to what is already in the shelf.
Specifications
General
- Manufacturer part number
- WD5003AZEX
- Product Type
- Server Hard Drives
- Manufacturer
- Western Digital
Technical specifications
- Capacity
- 500GB
- Rotational Speed
- 7200RPM
- Cache
- 64MB
Interfaces & connectivity
- Drive Interface
- SATA
Physical
- Form Factor
- 3.5-Inch
Published specifications for WD5003AZEX. Anything not listed here we will confirm against the manufacturer's documentation before quoting, because we would rather answer the question than let you assume.
Where the Western Digital WD5003AZEX is deployed
- Like-for-like replacement of WD5003AZEX in an existing system
- Rebuilding a parity group after a drive failure
- Holding a firmware-matched cold spare per chassis family
Who this part is for
- Teams standardising a mixed drive estate onto one firmware family
- Procurement replacing drives out of a maintenance contract
- MSPs holding cold spares across a fleet of identical chassis
What you get ordering this from us
Ordered by part number
Quoted and supplied against WD5003AZEX specifically, so what arrives is what your build sheet asks for.
No substitutions without asking
If we cannot supply the exact code we tell you what we can supply and why, rather than shipping an equivalent and letting you find out.
Firmware family matched
A mechanically identical drive with the wrong firmware is rejected by the controller; we check the family, not just the capacity.
Questions buyers ask about this part
Is WD5003AZEX genuine and is the warranty intact?
Yes. It ships new in Western Digital packaging, which is what keeps the warranty and the firmware entitlement valid. Anything we cannot supply that way we tell you about before you order.
Will WD5003AZEX work in my server?
Send the server model or the shelf it is going into. Vendor-keyed firmware is the usual reason an identical-looking drive is rejected, so we check that alongside interface and form factor.
Do you accept purchase orders and quote at volume?
Yes, POs from qualified organisations, net terms on approval, and banded pricing once the quantity is worth banding. Send the number and we will price it properly.
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Specifying a system, not just the part?
Bulk capacity usually sits behind the flash tier that feeds a training cluster rather than under it.