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February Hard Drive + SSD Price Guide - Page 4

By SharkyExtreme.com Staff March 2, 2009

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 has stuck to the usual trends, with a wide selection of drive capacities from 250GB to 750GB present in the top ten listings. The 400GB and 500GB drives still make up the majority of top PATA drive values, including a pair of Western Digital Caviar SE and SE16 drives sitting in the top two places at 16-cents/GB. The Western Digital Caviar 250GB drive takes third place with an 18-cents/GB rating, while a selection of Hitachi, Western Digital and Seagate 400GB and 500GB hard drives follow close behind at 19-cents/GB.


Parallel ATA Hard Drives Sorted by $/GB

Hard Drive
Price
Change
$/GB
Vendor
Western Digital Caviar SE16 500GB (16MB)
$80
$0
$0.16
NewEgg
Western Digital Caviar SE 500GB (8MB)
$82
$0
$0.16
NewEgg
Western Digital Caviar 250GB (2MB)
$46
-$6
$0.18
Mwave
Hitachi Deskstar T7K500 400GB (8MB)
$74
$9
$0.19
ADC
Western Digital Caviar SE16 400GB (16MB)
$75
$5
$0.19
ZipZoomFly
Seagate Barracuda 7200.9 500GB (8MB)
$96
$0
$0.19
CTI
Seagate DB35 7200.3 500GB (16MB)
$97
$0
$0.19
NowDirect
Hitachi Deskstar T7K500 320GB (8MB)
$63
$0
$0.20
Mwave
Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 750GB (16MB)
$151
$8
$0.20
Mwave
Seagate SV35 7200.2 750GB (16MB)
$151
$0
$0.20
Mwave
Western Digital Caviar SE 320GB (8MB)
$67
$0
$0.21
NewEgg
Hitachi Deskstar P7K500 320GB (8MB)
$72
$5
$0.23
Mwave
Hitachi Deskstar T7K500 250GB (8MB)
$57
$4
$0.23
Mwave
Western Digital Caviar SE16 320GB (16MB)
$74
$0
$0.23
NextWarehouse
Seagate SV35 7200.2 500GB (16MB)
$116
$0
$0.23
NextWarehouse
Western Digital Caviar SE 250GB (8MB)
$62
$2
$0.25
NewEgg
Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 400GB (16MB)
$100
$5
$0.25
CTI
Western Digital Caviar 200GB (2MB)
$52
$0
$0.26
ADC
ExcelStor Jupiter 250GB (8MB)
$65
$8
$0.26
NextWarehouse
Samsung SpinPoint 250GB (8MB)
$65
-$35
$0.26
ServerSupply
Western Digital Caviar SE 400GB (8MB)
$107
$33
$0.27
NextWarehouse
Western Digital Caviar 160GB (2MB)
$45
$0
$0.28
ADC
Hitachi Deskstar P7K500 250GB (8MB)
$71
$11
$0.28
PC Connection
Hitachi Deskstar 7K160 160GB (8MB)
$52
$2
$0.33
Directron
Seagate Barracuda 7200.9 160GB (8MB)
$52
$0
$0.33
ADC
Western Digital Caviar SE 160GB (8MB)
$52
$0
$0.33
NewEgg
Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 160GB (8MB)
$53
$0
$0.33
NewEgg
Seagate SV35 7200.2 160GB (8MB)
$60
$0
$0.38
The Nerds.net
Western Digital Caviar SE 200GB (8MB)
$76
$0
$0.38
ZipZoomFly
Western Digital RAID Ed. 160GB (8MB)
$65
-$10
$0.41
ServerSupply
Seagate Barracuda 7200.9 120GB (2MB)
$51
n/a
$0.43
ADC
Samsung SpinPoint T133 300GB (8MB)
$135
-$3
$0.45
ServerSupply
Samsung SpinPoint 160GB (2MB)
$75
-$20
$0.47
ServerSupply
Western Digital Caviar 80GB (2MB)
$42
$0
$0.53
NewEgg
Western Digital RAID Ed. 320GB (8MB)
$170
$15
$0.53
Upgrade Bay
Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 80GB (2MB)
$43
-$1
$0.54
NewEgg
Western Digital Caviar SE 80GB (8MB)
$43
$0
$0.54
NewEgg
Western Digital Caviar 120GB (2MB)
$67
$0
$0.56
CTI
Western Digital RAID Ed. 250GB (8MB)
$145
$4
$0.58
Upgrade Bay
Western Digital Caviar 40GB (2MB)
$47
$0
$1.18
TigerDirect
Western Digital Caviar SE 40GB (8MB)
$48
$0
$1.20
NextWarehouse

Page 1 February 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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