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Hard Drive Cost/GB Chart for September 2011
Posted September 26, 2011 by Nick Vogt in Computer Hardware
Hard drive comparisonThis is a comparison of desktop computer 7200RPM 3.5" SATA hard drives. Prices were obtained at Newegg and include shipping and discounts where applicable (mail-in rebates not included). All drives have a 70% or greater 5/5 egg rating. I consider the ratings to be a good indicator of how many people are receiving drives DOA or are having drive failures. I chose the best priced and rated drive in each size category. The Ratio is the number of gigabytes each dollar purchases, so naturally the higher the better.

DriveSizeCachePriceRatio
WD Caviar Blue80 GB2 MB$50.281.59
WD Caviar Blue160 GB8 MB$43.983.64
WD Caviar Blue250 GB16 MB$44.995.56
WD Caviar Blue320 GB16 MB$41.987.62
WD Caviar Blue500 GB16 MB$49.9910.00
WD Caviar Black750 GB32 MB$69.9910.72
Samsung Spinpoint F31 TB32 MB$59.9916.67


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Hard Drive Cost/GB Chart for January 2011
Posted January 20, 2011 by Nick Vogt in Computer Hardware
Hard drive comparisonThis is a comparison of desktop computer 7200RPM 3.5" SATA hard drives. Prices were obtained at Newegg and include shipping and discounts where applicable (mail-in rebates not included). All drives have a 70% or greater 5/5 egg rating. I consider the ratings to be a good indicator of how many people are receiving drives DOA or are having drive failures. I chose the best priced and rated drive in each size category. The Ratio is the number of gigabytes each dollar purchases, so naturally the higher the better.

DriveSizeCacheRPMPriceRatio
Seagate Barracuda 7200.1080 GB2 MB7200 RPM$42.281.89
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11160 GB8 MB7200 RPM$42.283.78
Western Digital Caviar Blue250 GB16 MB7200 RPM$44.995.56
Western Digital Caviar Blue320 GB8 MB7200 RPM$44.997.11
Western Digital Caviar Blue500 GB16 MB7200 RPM$54.9910.00
Western Digital Caviar Black640 GB32 MB7200 RPM$64.999.85
Western Digital Caviar Black750 GB32 MB7200 RPM$69.9910.72
Samsung Spinpoint F31 TB32 MB7200 RPM$69.9914.29
Seagate Barracuda *2 TB64 MB7200 RPM$169.9911.77


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Hard Drive Cost/GB Chart for September 2010
Posted September 15, 2010 by Nick Vogt in Computer Hardware
Hard drive comparisonThis is a comparison of desktop computer 3.5" SATA hard drives. Prices were obtained at Newegg and include shipping and discounts where applicable (mail-in rebates not included). All drives shown have a 70% or greater 5/5 egg rating. I consider the ratings to be a good indicator of how many people are receiving drives DOA or are having drive failures. I chose the best priced and rated drive in each size category. The Ratio is the number of gigabytes each dollar purchases, so naturally the higher the better.

DriveSizeCacheRPMPriceRatio
Seagate Barracuda 7200.1080 GB8 MB7200 RPM$42.281.89
Western Digital Caviar Blue160 GB8 MB7200 RPM$45.283.53
Seagate Barracuda250 GB8 MB7200 RPM$44.995.56
Western Digital Caviar Blue320 GB8 MB7200 RPM$47.996.67
Samsung Spinpoint F3500 GB16 MB7200 RPM$54.999.09
Western Digital Caviar Black640 GB32 MB7200 RPM$64.999.85
Western Digital Caviar Black750 GB32 MB7200 RPM$69.9910.72
Samsung Spinpoint F31 TB32 MB7200 RPM$74.9913.34
Seagate Barracuda2 TB64 MB7200 RPM$199.9910.00


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Hard Drive Cost/GB Chart for July 2010
Posted July 2, 2010 by Nick Vogt in Computer Hardware
Hard drive comparisonThis is a comparison of desktop computer 3.5" SATA hard drives. Prices were obtained at Newegg and include shipping and instant rebates where applicable (mail-in rebates not included). All drives shown have a 70% or greater 5/5 egg rating. I consider the ratings to be a good indicator of how many people are receiving drives DOA or are having drive failures. I chose the best priced and rated drive in each size category. The Ratio is the number of gigabytes each dollar purchases, so naturally the higher the better.

DriveSizeCacheRPMPriceRatio
Seagate Barracuda 7200.1080 GB8 MB7200 RPM$42.281.89
Western Digital Caviar Blue160 GB8 MB7200 RPM$45.283.53
Seagate Barracuda250 GB8 MB7200 RPM$44.995.56
Western Digital Caviar Blue320 GB8 MB7200 RPM$47.996.67
Samsung Spinpoint F3500 GB16 MB7200 RPM$54.999.09
Western Digital Caviar Black640 GB32 MB7200 RPM$54.9911.64
Western Digital Caviar Black750 GB32 MB7200 RPM$79.999.38
Hitachi Deskstar1 TB32 MB7200 RPM$69.9914.29
Western Digital Caviar Black1.5 TB64 MB7200 RPM$117.2712.79
Seagate Barracuda2 TB64 MB7200 RPM$199.9910.00


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Hard Drive Cost/GB Chart for February 2010
Posted February 5, 2010 by Nick Vogt in Computer Hardware
Hard drive comparisonThis is a comparison of desktop computer 3.5" SATA hard drives. Prices were obtained at Newegg and include shipping and instant rebates where applicable (mail-in rebates not included). All drives shown have a 70% or greater 5/5 Egg rating. I consider the ratings to be a good indicator of how many people are receiving drives DOA or are having drive failures. I chose the best priced and rated drive in each size category. The Ratio is the number of gigabytes each dollar purchases, so naturally the higher the better.

DriveSizeCacheRPMPriceRatio
Seagate Barracuda250 GB8 MB7200 RPM$44.995.6
Western Digital Caviar Blue320 GB8 MB7200 RPM$47.996.7
Samsung Spinpoint F3500 GB16 MB7200 RPM$49.9910.0
Western Digital Caviar Blue640 GB16 MB7200 RPM$69.999.1
Western Digital Caviar Black750 GB32 MB7200 RPM$79.999.4
Samsung Spinpoint F31000 GB32 MB7200 RPM$89.9911.1
Samsung Ecogreen F21500 GB32 MB5400 RPM$109.9913.6
Samsung Spinpoint F32000 GB32 MB5400 RPM$179.9911.1


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Hard Drive Cost/GB Chart for January 2009
Posted January 5, 2009 by Nick Vogt in Computer Hardware
Hard drive comparisonThe hard drive is one of the most common computer upgrades consumers perform, and it is no secret to some that the more gigabytes you buy the less expensive (per gigabyte) the drive is. I have compiled a list of the most common drives in each size category, and created a cost-per-gigabyte comparison chart. I have shopped NewEgg.com for these prices, and have given a link to each drive. I generally chose the least expensive of each size category and have also listed the cache size next to the model. The higher the Ratio the better, as it indicates how many gigabytes each of your dollars is purchasing. Also, one last thing to keep in mind: Most of the drives have free shipping, but if they do not it will decrease the ratio.

DriveSizeCostRatio
Western Digital Caviar SE 8MB80GB$34.992.29
Western Digital Caviar SE 8MB160GB$41.993.81
Western Digital Caviar SE 8MB250GB$49.995.00
Western Digital Caviar SE 8MB320GB$49.996.40
HITACHI Deskstar 16MB500GB$59.998.33
Western Digital Caviar 16MB640GB$69.999.14
Seagate Barracuda 32MB750GB$79.999.38
SAMSUNG Spinpoint 32MB1000GB$99.9910.00
Seagate Barracuda 32MB1500GB$129.9911.54


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