December Hard Drive + SSD Price Guide - Page 5

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 our Serial ATA value chart skew towards the larger models, with 750GB and 1TB capacities being the most popular. The Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 1.5TB behemoth repeats as the top SATA value in December, actually dipping below the 9-cents/GB mark (our chart is rounded up). A massive $30 price drop has the Western Digital Caviar GP 750GB moving up to second place, and the Samsung EcoGreen F1 1TB is in third at just a hair below the 10-cents/GB rating. As usual, the Western Digital Raptor and VelociRaptor drive take up residence at the bottom of the list, but that's the price you pay for a 10K RPM.

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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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