January 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 value chart continued to show stable trends, and the majority of top PATA hard drive values are still in the 400GB to 500GB range. These hard drives only account for five of the top ten PATA values, but these were also the top five overall PATA drive values. The other five entries included some 250GB to 320GB models, as well as a 750GB behemoth that snuck in at 10th place. In terms of individual deals, the Western Digital Caviar SE 500GB (21-cents/GB) repeated as our top-rated drive while the Western Digital Caviar SE16 500GB is not far back at 22-cents/GB. The Maxtor DiamondMax 21 500GB and Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 500GB drives round out the top PATA values, with both checking in at a 24-cent/GB rating.

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Page 1 January 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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