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 hard drive brands, speeds and capacities offer the best bang for the buck.
The Parallel ATA market continues to follow the standard trends, and most of the top overall drive values are still in the 250GB to 320GB range. These drive capacities accounted for twelve of the top thirteen PATA drive values for November, which is somewhat of an improvement compared to October. The popular Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 320GB hard drive holds down the top spot (we break $/GB down to four decimal points), and the only real shift is the Samsung T133 400GB slipping into second and breaking the run of the 250GB to 320GB PATA drives. After that comes the usual suspects like the Samsung SpinPoint 250GB, Hitachi Deskstar 250GB and Western Digital SE 250GB drives. At the other end of the scale, we find a selection of 80GB and 120GB drives holding down the lowest value ratings.
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