January 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 prevalent. The Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 1.5TB behemoth makes it a three-peat in January with the top SATA value of 9-cents/GB. The Western Digital Caviar GP 750GB, Samsung SpinPoint F1 1TB and Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 750GB follow along at 10-cents/GB, while a selection of 640GB, 750GB and 1TB hard drives round out the top 10 with an 11-cents/GB rating. As usual, the Western Digital Raptor and VelociRaptor drives sit at the bottom of the list, but that's the price you pay for 10K-RPM performance.

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Page 1 January 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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