The following chart takes a slightly different angle on Parallel ATA hard drive prices, and attempts to discern overall value using a price per GB figure, and then sorting by it. This chart pushes the lowest $/GB rating to the top, and uses a tried-and-true method of illustrating where the best overall values may exist, Of course, no method is foolproof, and other factors like performance or features certainly come into play, but it does give us a different view on which brands, speeds and capacities offer the best bang for the buck.
The Parallel ATA market continues to show trends very similar to the SATA market, and the best overall drive value still exists at the 250GB to 320GB level. These drives account for the top eleven PATA values, which is a very impressive display of supremacy for this capacity range. The overall $/GB ratings have also fallen quite noticeably, and we now have ten PATA drives sitting below the 40-cents per GB barrier, compared to only three last month. The Western Digital SE 320GB keeps its spot at the top of the list, and there is a nice mixture of drive manufacturers in the top ten, including WD, Seagate, Samsung, Maxtor and Hitachi. At the bottom of the chart, we find the usual selection of 80GB and 120GB models, along with the expensive Hitachi Deskstar 500GB.
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