Price Guide, November 2005: Storage
by Haider Farhan on November 19, 2005 7:36 AM EST- Posted in
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On the SCSI Ultra320 front, the best priced drive is currently the 147GB Maxtor 10,000RPM (8MB cache) [RTPE: 8D147J0] on sale for about $387.00. This drive has seen a price decrease of about $30.00 and as you can see from the graph below, it has been dropping in price every couple of weeks.
Maxtor Ultra320 147GB 10000RPM 8MB Atlas 10K V 80-pin
The new SAS drives are still extremely expensive; ranging from anywhere between about $225 for a 36.7GB, 15,000RPM drive to about $1340 for a 146GB, 15,000RPM drive.
The best price we can find at the moment would be the either the 147GB Maxtor 10,000RPM with 16MB of cache [RTPE: 8D147S0] or the 73.4GB Maxtor 10,000 RPM with 16MB of cache [RTPE: 8D073S0]. Both going for about $3.00 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.