“HDDs with a storage capacity of 250 gigabytes currently have the most optimal price/performance ratio. Among the thirty 250GB products included into this roundup we have only published the results of the three HDDs from Hitachi before. So, our new testbed has a new SATA/PATA controller, and today we can offer you the test results of all 30 HDDs tested on it.”Here are some more Storage reviews from around the web:
- Kingwin KF-4000-BK 4-Bay Hot Swap SATA Drive Rack Review @ Bigbruin
- Seagate Momentus 7200.2 160GB 2.5″ hard drive @ SPCR
- ASRock 4Core1333-eSATA2 r5.0 LGA 775 ATX Motherboard @ Pro-Clockers
- Icydock MB663 2.5-inch Internal / External Hard Drive Enclosure Review @ ThinkComputers
- Seagate 1TB Family of Drives … Part 2 – ES.2 @ Bjorn3D @ Bjorn3D
- A-DATA Classic PD18 2GB @ Phoronix
Right sized drives
As X-bit labs points out in their introduction, 250GB HDD offer you a good price per GB, and enough storage that you won’t feel cramped. Since there are so many to choose from, they have gathered 30 different makes and models to test out in a huge review. In the end, it turns out that many of the drives will excel in certain applications, while falling behind in others, as well as some interesting findings about Native Command Queuing.
