UPDATE: Hard Drive Value Roundup: August 2009

[Jet]

Here is the graph--this is capacity on the x-axis, and GB/$ on the y-axis.

UPDATE August 2009 -- Thanks again gamerman4

UPDATE July 2009 -- Thanks gamerman4

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April 2009

It is definitely worth spending the money to get a 640GB hard drive. However, you get the most from your money with the 1.5TB hard drive. Sadly, the 2TB option is grossly overpriced and out of stock, and does not prove to be a viable option.


Best Everyday value: 640GB Samsung

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822152134

$60 shipped


Best Overall Value: 1.5TB Seagate:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...ickDeals&cm_mmc=AFC-SlickDeals-_-NA-_-NA-_-NA

with coupon code: EMCLPPM55

$120 shipped

 

[Cromewell]

Nice. I'm going to stick this until the end of the month. Do you plan on updating it every few months?

 

[Jet]

Nice. I'm going to stick this until the end of the month. Do you plan on updating it every few months?

Sure, if I'm remember!

 

[Hugh9191]

I'd say 1.5 GB for $120 isn't the best value hard disk around atm!!

Do you mean TB?!?

 

[Cromewell]

Yes, it's supposed to be TB. I've updated the post.

 

[Cromewell]

I'm going to unstick this, if someone wants to update it send me a pm and I can edit the post.

 

[PohTayToez]

Cool, it will be neat to have a record of this to look back on.

 

[ScottALot]

You should get a graph from like 1970. It'd be like One Soul / GB

 

[Cold Canuck]

26% of reviewers gave that Seagate 1 out of five stars, no great value there

 

[Bodaggit23]

26% of reviewers gave that Seagate 1 out of five stars, no great value there

Yeah, the 7200.11's are junk.

 

[mep916]

26% of reviewers gave that Seagate 1 out of five stars, no great value there

50% gave it 5 stars. Most of the complaints were due to the firmware issues that were resolved several months ago.

 

[Enjoi]

50% gave it 5 stars. Most of the complaints were due to the firmware issues that were resolved several months ago.

+1

I wrote an article about this a while ago actually. An alarming number of them were bricking for no apparent reason, which like Mike said, was found to be caused by a firmware issue.

Last I heard, it was fixed, and now they are excellent drives.

 

[Cromewell]

The prices and best value drives have likely changed they were for the original run back in April.

Also, I'm unsticking this thread again. It's a bit out of date.

 

[skattle91]

Yeah seagate drives are good now...I have

been using them for the last 3 months.
Good to go with the prices too.