May 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 500GB range. Six of the top ten Parallel ATA drive values were 500GB models, an increase of one compared to last month, and we added another drive to the 750GB category, while 320GB and 400GB models took the other two positions. We have a bit of a surprise at the top of the chart, as the Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 750GB shot up with an 18-cent/GB rating. A pair of Western Digital 500GB drives ranked next at 19-cents/GB, and these were joined by the Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 500GB.

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Page 1 May 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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