Price Guide, November 2005: Storage
by Haider Farhan on November 19, 2005 7:36 AM EST- Posted in
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We're noticing the price of the 1.5Gbps SATA drives are especially close to the 3.0Gbps drives. So if you're lucky enough to have a motherboard which supports SATA 3.0, you're set. It's definitely difficult for us to recommend a 1.5Gbps drive because of the prices being so close, but if that's what your motherboard supports, then your best bang for the buck drive would be the 200GB Maxtor DiamondMax 10 (7200RPM, 8MB cache) [RTPE: 6L200M0] for about $86.00.
We would like to point out that as with our last guide, it seems as though TigerDirect is still running a rebate on the 300GB Seagate Barracuda 7200.8 [RTPE: ST3300831AS] going for about $95.00 after a $50 MIR.
You may also want to consider the 250GB Western Digital Caviar SE (7200RPM, 8MB cache) [RTPE: WD2500JD] for just about $101.00 shipped, that's about $0.40 per GB.
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Doormat - Sunday, November 20, 2005 - link
I thought this drive was a great value. I just bought one for $200. 50c/GB is great once you get up in this area (>= 400GB).PrinceGaz - Sunday, November 20, 2005 - link
Any chance of including CD-RW and floppy drives next time? :)Calin - Monday, November 21, 2005 - link
Yes, how could they forgot about the floppy disk drives? :DAnd we would like also articles about the best floppy drives, hopefully with media compatibility tests
Vesperan - Saturday, November 19, 2005 - link
Aside the marginal price difference, is there any reason for the recommendation of the BenQ DW1620 over that of the DW1640?Vesperan - Saturday, November 19, 2005 - link
...see above poster.That'll learn me for opening up a page to post, then posting only after making breakfast..
noxipoo - Saturday, November 19, 2005 - link
BenQ 1620 or 1640 DVDR?rrcn - Saturday, November 19, 2005 - link
That was a mistake as I overlooked the DW1640. The DW1640 is the one to go with, no doubt. I have updated the guide to reflect that. Thanks for pointing it out.DrZoidberg - Saturday, November 19, 2005 - link
I think u meant us instead of use. Just my opinion but hard drive prices move really slowly...its like watching paint dry.
DrZoidberg - Saturday, November 19, 2005 - link
sorry i accidently double clicked...DrZoidberg - Saturday, November 19, 2005 - link
I think u meant us instead of use. Just my opinion but hard drive prices move really slowly...its like watching paint dry.