December Hard Drive Price Guide - Page 3

Parallel ATA Hard Drive Value

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, with the majority of the top drive values existing in the 250GB to 320GB range, although there is a movement towards higher-capacity 400GB models. This is quite evident with the Samsung SpinPoint T133 400GB sitting right at the top of the chart, as well as the Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 400GB sitting in eighth place. Otherwise, it was the 250GB to 320GB crop that held court, with two of the Western Digital Caviar SE drives effectively matching the Samsung 400GB at 29-cents per GB (we break $/GB down to four decimal points). At the other end of the scale, we find the usual selection of 80GB and 120GB drives holding down the lowest value ratings.

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Page 1 December 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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