Western Digital Caviar SE 250 GB

This is a 250GB 3.5" HDD on the PATA 100 interface. Sequential throughput reaches 550 MB/s reads and 520 MB/s writes, backed by 8MB of cache. At roughly $0.48 per gigabyte it sits in the high-end tier. At $119.95 it sits in the high-end drive bracket.

PlanMyPC's builder flags compatibility problems automatically and tracks the latest drive deals from multiple stores. Western Digital 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. The category page surfaces comparable models near the same price, which makes shortlisting against this drive straightforward.