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October Hard Drive Price Guide - Page 3By SharkyExtreme.com Staff October 31, 2008Standard PATA and SATA hard drives still make up the vast majority of desktop PC, or even notebook, configurations, but demand for Solid State Drive (SSD) technology is growing by leaps and bounds. SSD drives replace conventional hard drive platters, motors and read heads with flash memory, lowering noise, heat and power requirements, while offering significant performance gains. These SSD drives also represent a popular upgrade for existing notebooks, and even high-end desktop users are migrating to this technology as their primary boot/OS drive. Due to this increased demand and a significant rise in SSD visibility with online retailers, this is an emerging market that deserves coverage. In this section, we are covering 2.5" SATA SSDs, although 3.5" models will be forthcoming. As this is the first month for Solid State Drive pricing, there is no data for comparison, in terms of either price changes or shifts in drive value. On the other hand, it's easy to see a wide divergence of price levels for these Solid State Drives, ranging from just over $100 for a Transcend 32GB all the way up to $700-$800+ for ultra high-end 64GB models from OCZ and SuperTalent. This is a different market compared to tradition hard drives, where brand, drive cache and rotational speed could help derive some level of real-world performance, and when it comes to SSDs, you often get what (performance) you pay for.
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