December Hard Drive + SSD Price Guide - Page 4

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 stuck to the previous trends, and we again see a wide range of data capacities present at the top of the list. The 320GB to 750GB hard drives in the top ten ranged from 12-cents/GB to 20-cents/GB, but the higher capacity models have begun to float to the top. The Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 750GB heads the list at only 12-cents/GB, followed by the Western Digital Caviar SE 500GB and Western Digital Caviar SE16 500GB at 15-cents/GB. Due to the stable pricing, this hasn't changed much since last month, and the top three PATA values remain the same.

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Page 1 December Hard Drive + SSD Price Guide Page 2 Serial ATA Hard Drive Price List Page 3 Solid State Drive Price List Page 4 Parallel ATA Hard Drives Sorted by $/GB Page 5 Serial ATA Hard Drives Sorted by $/GB Page 6 Solid State Drives Sorted by $/GB Page 7 Parallel & Serial ATA HDs and SSDs Sorted by Price Change Page 8 Parallel & Serial ATA HDs and SSDs Sorted by Price

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