December Hard Drive + SSD Price Guide - Page 6

Solid State Drive Value

As in the previous PATA and SATA hard drive charts, the following list takes the various Solid State Drives and tries to determine with models and capacities offer the best overall value. Although we use the tried-and-true method of determining hard drive value, using a "price per GB" column, it's a bit more difficult when comparing Solid State Drive technology - not only due to the significantly higher prices, but also because of performance and features differences between models. Even so, the chart gives us a different view on which SSD brands, speeds and capacities offer the best GB bang for the buck.

The Solid State Drive market obviously works on a very different set of economics compared to standard PATA and SATA hard drives, and the $/GB ratings in the SSD chart are significantly higher. A $90 price drop to the Transcend 128GB drive has driven its value rating below the magic $2/GB barrier, and it's the first SSD to hit this mark. The new pqi S525 128GB is not far behind at $2.04/GB, as is the Transcend 64GB at $2.06/GB. We now have a very nice selection of sold-state drives at under $3/GB, and even the ultra high-performance models are falling in price.

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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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