August Hard Drive Price Guide - Page 4

Serial ATA Hard Drive Value

Just as in the previous PATA chart, we are also taking a close look at our Serial ATA drives and determining exactly which models and capacities offer the best overall value. We do this through the tried-and-true method of determining hard drive value, or "price per GB", which is then used as a sorting criteria to ensure the best $/GB deals rise to the top. 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 brands, speeds and capacities offer the best bang for the buck.

The top-rated drives in the Serial ATA value chart show a different trend, and here, 500GB is the lowest capacity in our top 10 listings. A brand new listing rockets right to the top of our chart, as the Samsung SpinPoint F 640GB places first with an excellent $/GB rating of 13-cents. The Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 500GB, Western Digital Caviar GP 500GB and Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 640GB hard drives are close by at 14-cents/GB, and a host of 500GB, 640GB, 750GB, and 1TB models all sit at 15-cents/GB. As usual, the Western Digital Raptor drives hold down the bottom of the list, and the Western Digital VelociRaptor 300GB just manages to sneak below the $1/GB barrier.

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Page 1 August 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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