Seagate Constellation ES.3 3 TB

A 3000GB 3.5" HDD on the SAS 6.0 Gb/s interface. At roughly $0.02 per gigabyte it sits in the mid-range tier. Sequential throughput tops out at 550 MB/s reads and 520 MB/s writes, backed by 128MB of cache. Expect to pay around $74.00, which lands it among mid-range options.

PlanMyPC's builder flags compatibility problems automatically and tracks the latest drive deals from multiple stores. Support and warranty service run through Seagate, with terms that vary by region. The full specification sheet below breaks out every listed detail, and the compatibility checker flags conflicts with parts already in your build. The category page surfaces comparable models near the same price, which makes shortlisting against this drive straightforward.