September 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 are quite a bit different, and skew towards the higher capacity models. We see four 750GB drives in the top 10, along with several 640GB and 1TB SATA hard drives. There seems to be a logjam at the top of the chart at 13-cents/GB, but since we go to several decimals places in our sorting, the Samsung SpinPoint F 640GB is mathematically in first place, followed by the Samsung SpinPoint F1 1TB, while the Samsung SpinPoint F1 750GB and Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 750GB drives tied for third. As usual, the Western Digital Raptor drives hold down the bottom of the list, and the Western Digital VelociRaptor 300GB is sneaking closer to the 90-cents/GB range.

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Page 1 September 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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