August 2007 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 drive values continue to get better, and these listings compare quite well against their Serial ATA counterparts. Once again, the majority of the top PATA drive values exist in the 400GB to 500GB range, as this makes up the top five listings, and seven out of the top ten overall. The Western Digital Caviar SE 500GB (21-cents/GB) repeats as the value champion, hitting the stop spot for the third month in a row. The Samsung SpinPoint T133 400GB, Hitachi Deskstar T7K500 500GB and Hitachi Deskstar T7K500 400GB are not far back at 23-cents/GB, while the usual selection of 80GB and 120GB hard drives are at their standard position at the bottom of the chart.

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