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September Hard Drive Price Guide - Page 5

By SharkyExtreme.com Staff September 29, 2006

Parallel and Serial ATA Hard Drives: Price Changes

The following chart takes all of the tracked PATA and SATA hard drives, and incorporates these into one monster price list, which is then sorted by the monthly price change. This gives us a slightly different view than in previous hard drive price lists, as it identifies the month's biggest movers and shakers, and can really help identify the areas to take advantage of. When used with the other price charts, this list can add another dimension to the monthly prices, but keep in mind that the largest cuts may not always translate into the best overall deal. We have also gotten rid of the $/GB column and replaced it with a SATA/PATA section to ensure there is no confusion about the interface of any drive models.

The overall price change list highlights the individual price cuts and spikes, as well as offering a direct comparison between the PATA and SATA hard drives. September reversed the usual trend, and instead of SATA drives dominating this chart, we now have PATA drives holding down six of the top ten spots, along with the largest individual price drop of the month. This news was a double-edged sword, as the price increases also centered around the SATA drives as well, and these included the only three double-digit price jumps. As usual, the larger drive capacities figured heavily at the top of the chart, but we also see a few high-end Western Digital Raptor 10K drives there as well. Both of the Raptor 150GB models placed high, with price drops of between $28 and $36.


Parallel and Serial ATA Hard Drives Sorted by Price Change

Hard Drive
Price
Change
Format
Vendor
Model #
Seagate 7200.9 500GB (16MB)
$207
-$75
PATA
TigerDirect
ST3500841A
WD Raptor X 150GB 10K (16MB)
$230
-$36
SATA
ZipZoomFly
WD1500AHFD
WD RAID Ed. 500GB (16MB)
$175
-$34
SATA
ZipZoomFly
WD5000YS
Samsung T133 400GB (8MB)
$157
-$31
PATA
TigerDirect
HD400LD
Maxtor DM11 400GB (16MB)
$159
-$31
PATA
ZipZoomFly
6H400R0
WD Raptor 150GB 10K (16MB)
$219
-$28
SATA
ZipZoomFly
WD1500ADFD
Hitachi Deskstar 500GB (8MB)
$195
-$22
PATA
ZipZoomFly
0A31613
Maxtor DM11 500GB (16MB)
$210
-$20
PATA
ZipZoomFly
6H500R0
Western Digital SE16 500GB (16MB)
$176
-$18
SATA
Monarch
WD5000KS
WD RAID Ed. 250GB (8MB)
$86
-$15
PATA
NewEgg
WD2500SB
Maxtor DM10 200GB (16MB)
$76
-$12
PATA
Allstarshop
6L200P0
Hitachi Deskstar 500GB (16MB)
$200
-$12
SATA
ZipZoomFly
0A31619
Maxtor DM10 250GB (16MB)
$76
-$10
SATA
NewEgg
6L250S0
Seagate 7200.9 400GB (16MB)
$156
-$10
SATA
ZipZoomFly
ST3400633AS
Seagate 7200.10 500GB (16MB)
$221
-$9
PATA
Monarch
ST3500630A
Western Digital 120GB (8MB)
$56
-$7
SATA
NewEgg
WD1200JS
Hitachi Deskstar 250GB (8MB)
$80
-$7
PATA
ZipZoomFly
0A31611
Western Digital SE 200GB (8MB)
$72
-$6
PATA
ZipZoomFly
WD2000JB
Seagate 7200.10 320GB (16MB)
$95
-$6
PATA
NewEgg
ST3320620A
Seagate 7200.10 320GB (16MB)
$95
-$6
SATA
NewEgg
ST3320620AS
Maxtor DM11 500GB (16MB)
$219
-$6
SATA
eWiz
6H500F0
Maxtor DM10 160GB (8MB)
$61
-$5
PATA
NewEgg
6L160P0
Samsung T133 300GB (8MB)
$96
-$5
PATA
NewEgg
HD300LD
Seagate 7200.9 400GB (16MB)
$155
-$5
PATA
ZipZoomFly
ST3400633A
Western Digital 160GB (8MB)
$59
-$4
SATA
ZipZoomFly
WD1600JS
Western Digital 200GB (8MB)
$73
-$4
SATA
Ajump.com
WD2000JS
Seagate 7200.9 250GB (8MB)
$81
-$4
PATA
NewEgg
ST3250824A
Maxtor DM10 300GB (16MB)
$103
-$4
PATA
NewEgg
6L300R0
Seagate 7200.9 80GB (8MB)
$50
-$3
SATA
eWiz
ST3808110AS
Samsung T133 400GB (8MB)
$143
-$3
SATA
ZipZoomFly
HD400LJ
WD RAID Ed. 400GB (16MB)
$154
-$3
SATA
ZipZoomFly
WD4000YR
Seagate 7200.9 80GB (8MB)
$49
-$2
PATA
Ajump.com
ST3802110A
Western Digital SE 120GB (8MB)
$60
-$2
PATA
ZipZoomFly
WD1200JB
Seagate 7200.9 160GB (8MB)
$63
-$2
PATA
NewEgg
ST3160812A
Samsung SP 160GB (2MB)
$66
-$2
PATA
eWiz
SP1604N
Seagate 7200.9 200GB (8MB)
$81
-$2
PATA
ZipZoomFly
ST3200827A
WD Raptor 74GB 10K (16MB) NCQ
$154
-$2
SATA
ZipZoomFly
WD740ADFD
Maxtor DM10 160GB (8MB)
$69
-$1
SATA
ZipZoomFly
6L160M0
Western Digital SE 250GB (8MB)
$73
-$1
PATA
ZipZoomFly
WD2500JB
WD RAID Ed. 160GB (8MB)
$76
-$1
PATA
NewEgg
WD1600SB
Western Digital 200GB (2MB)
$78
-$1
PATA
Mwave
WD2000BB
Maxtor DM10 250GB (16MB)
$84
-$1
SATA
ZipZoomFly
6V250F0
Western Digital 250GB (2MB)
$85
-$1
PATA
NewEgg
WD2500BB
Western Digital SE 320GB (8MB)
$94
-$1
PATA
ZipZoomFly
WD3200JB
WD Raptor 74GB 10K (8MB)
$165
-$1
SATA
SuperGoodDeal
WD740GD
Western Digital 80GB (2MB)
$47
$0
PATA
ZipZoomFly
WD800BB
Western Digital SE 80GB (8MB)
$47
$0
PATA
ZipZoomFly
WD800JB
Western Digital 80GB (8MB)
$48
$0
SATA
ZipZoomFly
WD800JD
Maxtor 80GB (2MB)
$59
$0
PATA
Xtreme Gear
6Y080L0
Western Digital 160GB (2MB)
$60
$0
PATA
ZipZoomFly
WD1600BB
Hitachi Deskstar 160GB (8MB)
$60
$0
SATA
NewEgg
0A31637
Samsung SP 160GB (8MB)
$60
$0
SATA
NewEgg
HD160JJ
Hitachi Deskstar 160GB (8MB)
$62
$0
PATA
ZipZoomFly
0A31635
Western Digital 120GB (2MB)
$62
$0
PATA
Monarch
WD1200BB
Maxtor DM9 80GB (8MB)
$62
$0
PATA
TigerDirect
6Y080P0
Western Digital SE 160GB (8MB)
$63
$0
PATA
NewEgg
WD1600JB
Seagate 7200.9 120GB (8MB)
$64
$0
PATA
Mwave
ST3120814A
Maxtor DM9 120GB (8MB)
$66
$0
SATA
Spartan Tech
6Y120M0
Seagate 7200.9 160GB (8MB)
$67
$0
SATA
TigerDirect
ST3160812AS
Maxtor DM9 160GB (8MB)
$75
$0
SATA
Spartan Tech
6Y160M0
Samsung SP 250GB (8MB)
$76
$0
SATA
NewEgg
SP2504C
Hitachi Deskstar 250GB (8MB)
$79
$0
SATA
ZipZoomFly
0A31636
Samsung SP 200GB (8MB)
$79
$0
SATA
ZipZoomFly
SP2004C
Samsung SP 250GB (8MB)
$80
$0
PATA
NewEgg
SP2514N
Samsung SP 200GB (8MB)
$81
$0
PATA
Allstarshop
SP2014N
WD RAID Ed. 250GB (16MB)
$81
$0
SATA
ZipZoomFly
WD2500YD
Seagate 7200.9 200GB (8MB)
$81
$0
SATA
Ajump.com
ST3200827AS
Samsung SP 120GB (8MB)
$84
$0
PATA
Upgrade Nation
SP1213N
Maxtor DM9 200GB (8MB)
$87
$0
SATA
Spartan Tech
6Y200M0
Maxtor DM10 300GB (16MB)
$96
$0
SATA
NewEgg
6L300S0
Western Digital SE 300GB (8MB)
$97
$0
SATA
Ajump.com
WD3000JD
Maxtor DM10 300GB (16MB)
$100
$0
SATA
ZipZoomFly
6V300F0
WD Raptor 36.7GB 10K (8MB)
$108
$0
SATA
ZipZoomFly
WD360GD
WD RAID Ed. 320GB (8MB)
$112
$0
SATA
ZipZoomFly
WD3200SD
Seagate 7200.9 300GB (16MB)
$113
$0
PATA
Computer Giants
ST3300622A
WD RAID Ed. 320GB (8MB)
$123
$0
PATA
Computer Giants
WD3200SB
Hitachi Deskstar 400GB (8MB)
$156
$0
PATA
ZipZoomFly
0A30228
Western Digital SE16 400GB (16MB)
$165
$0
SATA
ZipZoomFly
WD4000KS
Maxtor DM11 400GB (16MB)
$186
$0
SATA
Mwave
6H400F0
Western Digital SE 300GB (8MB)
$95
$1
PATA
Ajump.com
WD3000JB
Hitachi Deskstar 400GB (8MB)
$167
$1
SATA
Spartan Tech
0A30229
Maxtor DM9 120GB (8MB)
$74
$2
PATA
Spartan Tech
6Y120L0
Western Digital SE16 320GB (8MB)
$100
$2
SATA
ZipZoomFly
WD3200KS
Western Digital SE 250GB (8MB)
$87
$3
SATA
ZipZoomFly
WD2500JD
Maxtor DM10 250GB (16MB)
$92
$4
PATA
Atacom
6B250R0
Maxtor DM10 200GB (8MB)
$76
$6
SATA
ZipZoomFly
6L200M0
WD RAID Ed. 160GB (16MB)
$77
$6
SATA
Mwave
WD1600YD
WD RAID Ed. 120GB (8MB)
$82
$6
PATA
NewEgg
WD1200SB
Seagate 7200.9 250GB (8MB)
$92
$7
SATA
TigerDirect
ST3250824AS
Seagate 7200.9 300GB (16MB)
$117
$8
SATA
Computer Giants
ST3300622AS
Seagate 7200.10 750GB (16MB)
$350
$8
PATA
ZipZoomFly
ST3750640A
Samsung T133 300GB (8MB)
$107
$11
SATA
TigerDirect
HD300LJ
Seagate 7200.9 500GB (16MB)
$257
$17
SATA
Computer Giants
ST3500641AS
Seagate 7200.10 750GB (16MB)
$356
$20
SATA
ZipZoomFly
ST3750640AS
Maxtor DM10 320GB (16MB)
$100
n/a
SATA
Monarch
6V320F0
Seagate 7200.10 500GB (16MB)
$220
n/a
SATA
ZipZoomFly
ST3500630AS

Page 1 September Hard Drive Price Guide
Page 2 Serial ATA Hard Drive Price List
Page 3 Parallel ATA Hard Drives Sorted by $/GB
Page 4 Serial ATA Hard Drives Sorted by $/GB
  • Page 5 Parallel and Serial ATA Hard Drives Sorted by Price Change
    Page 6 Parallel and Serial ATA Hard Drives Sorted by Price

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