Serial ATA may be the interface of today, but SATA II is the future, and the latest drive models are certainly making use of the new standard. Features such as NCQ and a higher overall bandwidth really help take some SATA drives to a higher performance plane. For our selected brands and sizes, we've gone the same route as with our PATA list, and included everything from a standard 80GB model, to the top-of-the-line 400GB monstrosities and 10K RPM speed demons. The number of PATA drives may outnumber the SATA selection, but Serial ATA drives are decidedly high-end, even at the entry-level and will sport 8MB of cache and 7200 RPM speeds. Our SATA hard drive price list features entries for drives, prices and price changes, and also columns for $/GB (cost per GB) and model number.
There was a bit more activity on the Serial ATA side of things, and it posted a much larger -$77 aggregate price drop. The price cuts were pretty consistent at the top of the chart, with the Western Digital 320GB drive falling by a whopping $31, followed by the Maxtor DiamondMax 10 250GB and Western Digital 300GB dropping by $22 and $19 respectively. It wasn't all good news however, as several SATA drives jumped quite noticeably this month, with the Samsung 160GB (+$23), Maxtor DiamondMax 10 300GB (+$23), and Maxtor 300GB (+$13) leading the way.
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