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 consistent trends and the top overall drive value still exist at the 250GB to 320GB level. These drives account for the top eleven PATA values, but we have had a slight changing of the guard at the top of the chart. Due to falling prices, the Western Digital SE 320GB drive loses the top spot to a couple of WD 250GB models, and is being pushed hard by the Samsung 250GB and Seagate 300GB drives. Overall value continues to get better in the PATA market, but only at the 250GB to 320GB range, and we now have eleven PATA drives sitting below the 40-cents per GB barrier, a gain of only one compared to last month. 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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