March 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 continues to shift, and at the top of the list, we are moving back towards a real concentration of hard drives in the 400-500GB range. This month, the range accounts for six out of the top ten Parallel ATA drive values, and the top three overall. Other top contenders include a pair of 320GB and 720GB models. The Western Digital Caviar SE 500GB (20-cents/GB) repeats as our top-rated PATA value, followed closely by the Western Digital Caviar SE16 500GB at 21-cents/GB and the Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 500GB at 22-cents/GB. The Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 750GB (24-cents/GB) is the top-rated non-500GB model, but this is matched by the Seagate DB35 7200.3 500GB drive.

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Page 1 March 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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