April 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 same basic trend, and we again see the majority of top-rated drive values residing in the 250GB to 320GB range. Eight of the top ten PATA drive values are in this range, but there are some exceptions, as higher-capacity models continue to work their way up the list. This month's examples were the Maxtor MaXLine Pro 500GB in second place and the fifth-ranked Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 500GB. The Maxtor DiamondMax 10 250GB makes a return appearance as the best deal, with an incredible 24-cents/GB rating, and nine of the top ten sit at under 30-cents/GB. At the other end of the scale, we have the usual selection of 80GB to 120GB hard drives in their usual position at the bottom of the chart.

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Page 1 April 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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