July 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 shifted again this month, and although the 500GB capacity took up four of the top ten slots, this is a drop from the "six of ten" dominance the 500GB drives enjoyed last month. We're seeing many different drive capacities sneaking into the top rankings, including 750GB, 400GB and even a pair of 250GB models. The Hitachi Deskstar T7K500 400GB and Western Digital Caviar SE 500GB drives tie for the top value ranking, checking in at 16-cents/GB, while Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 750GB and Western Digital Caviar SE16 500GB hard drives are not far back at 17-cents/GB.

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Page 1 July 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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