September 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 have not improved since August, but remained fairly consistent over the last month. Once again, the majority of the top PATA drive values are in the 400GB to 500GB range, as this makes up the top two listings, and an unprecedented eight out of the top ten overall. The Western Digital Caviar SE 500GB (21-cents/GB), our value champion for the past three months in a row, is forced to take a back seat to the Maxtor DiamondMax 21 500GB, which burst onto our list with an amazing 20-cents/GB rating. The Hitachi Deskstar T7K500 320GB, Samsung SpinPoint T133 400GB and Western Digital Caviar SE16 500GB 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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Page 1 September 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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