Dell F617N 300 GB

This is a 300GB 3.5" HDD on the SAS 6.0 Gb/s interface. At roughly $0.43 per gigabyte it sits in the high-end tier. Sequential throughput tops out at 550 MB/s reads and 520 MB/s writes, backed by 16MB of cache. Its $129.00 price tag places it squarely in high-end territory.

Drop it into the PlanMyPC builder to check compatibility with the rest of your parts and compare current drive prices across retailers. Dell backs the product through its standard warranty channels; check the listing for region-specific terms. Every published spec is tabulated below, and compatibility against your current part list is checked automatically.