June 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, but while many of the top-rated drive hard drive values are still in the 250GB to 320GB range, this month marked the beginning of the 400GB to 500GB takeover. These larger capacity drives held down six of the top ten places, with the remaining four going to 250GB and 320GB models. The top-rated PATA drive came out of nowhere, as the latest Western Digital Caviar SE 500GB posted an amazing 22-cents per GB rating, or a 2-cent advantage over the nearest competitor. At the other end of the scale, we have the standard selection of 80GB to 120GB hard drives in their usual position at the bottom of the chart.

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Page 1 June 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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