Top 10 Hard Drives
Bypassing several SATA drives debuting on the chart, a new ATA/133 model from Samsung takes the number one slot.High-performing Serial ATA drives continue to make their way onto the chart, but a new ATA/133 drive from Samsung claims the top Best Buy honor. In terms of cost per gigabyte, Samsung's SpinPoint SP1614N offers the best deal on our list, as well as very good (though not the best) performance. The speed crown goes to Hitachi Global Storage Technologies' Deskstar 7K250 (SATA), which squeaks aboard in the number ten spot. A rather steep price (though a reasonable one for its 250GB capacity) and somewhat limited features prevented it from earning a higher ranking.