65X3D — Dell 500GB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 2.5-in Hard Drive
MPN: 65X3D|By: Dell

Starting from
$195
Indicative — final pricing confirmed with your quote.
In Stockships worldwide
- Condition:
- New — authorized channel
- Warranty:
- Full manufacturer warranty
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Product overview
The Dell 500GB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 2.5-in hard Drive is supplied under part number 65X3D. Vendor-keyed firmware is the usual reason a mechanically identical drive is rejected by the controller, and a 500GB spare is not worth discovering that on. We check the firmware family against your controller before the drive ships.
If the part is wrong for your platform we will say so and suggest the one that is, which is cheaper for both of us than a return.
Featuring
- Capacity
- 500GB
- Manufacturer
- Dell
Interfaces / Ports
- Rotational Speed
- 7200RPM
- Drive Interface
- SATA
- Interface Standard
- 6Gb/s
Physical characteristics
- Product Type
- Server Hard Drives
- Expedited shipping options are available — rates confirmed with your quote.
- Purchase orders accepted from qualified institutions.
- Compatibility is validated against your server platform before dispatch. Send us the model and we will confirm support.
These are the 6 facts we can state about 65X3D without inferring anything. Compatibility beyond this is confirmed per platform, on request, before you order.
Where the Dell 65X3D is deployed
- Swapping out a failed server hard drive for 65X3D under change control
- Migrating an archive tier off failing older disks
- Holding a firmware-matched cold spare per chassis family
Who this part is for
- MSPs holding cold spares across a fleet of identical chassis
- Teams standardising a mixed drive estate onto one firmware family
- IT teams swapping a failed drive in a live parity group
What you get ordering this from us
Ordered by part number
65X3D is what is quoted and 65X3D is what ships; where an alternate code is genuinely the same part we name it rather than swap it silently.
Firmware family matched
A mechanically identical drive with the wrong firmware is rejected by the controller; we check the family, not just the capacity.
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.
Questions buyers ask about this part
- Is 65X3D genuine and is the warranty intact?
- Yes. Supplied new and unopened, so the manufacturer warranty and firmware update path stay supported. No grey-market stock and no refurbished units sold as new.
- Will 65X3D 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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