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3.5" Hard Drive Charts
Tom's Interactive 3.5" Hard Drive Charts compare low-level as well as application performance of more than 40 popular hard drive models. The charts include all popular 3.5" desktop drive manufacturers such as Hitachi, Samsung, Seagate and Western Digital. They list UltraATA and Serial ATA interfaces, 7,200 and 10,000 RPM drives, and capacities between 36 GB and 1000 GB. 15 individual benchmark categories analyze read and write throughput, interface performance, average access time, Windows startup performance and several I/O access patterns that are imperative for server and workstation scenarios. Two comparison features make our Hard Drive Charts unique on the Internet: The Cost per Gigabyte calculation and the Price/Performance Index, which relates performance, capacity and cost. Prices are updated daily using the latest price information provided by TG Stores.
2.5" Hard Drive Charts
Tom's Interactive 2.5" Hard Drive Charts compare notebook hard drives. Here you will find 2.5" UltraATA and Serial ATA hard drives manufactured by Fujitsu, Hitachi, Samsung, Seagate, Toshiba and Western Digital. The charts include all popular capacities starting at 40 GB as well as listing hard drives running at 4,200, 5,400 or 7,200 RPM. 15 benchmarks help to determine application perforrmance and low-level performance, giving you all the throughput, access time, interface and I/O performance results. The 2.5" HDD Charts also include the Cost per Gigabyte calculation and our Price/Performance Index, which helps you to find the best bang for the buck. In addition, we measured power consumption of most the notebook hard drives, so you can see which models are energy efficient and which ones aren't.
Enterprise Hard Drive Charts
Tom's Interactive Enterprise Hard Drive Charts compare high-end server/workstation hard drives used in enterprise-class systems. The 15 benchmarks we used as a testing platform are the same as the ones featured in the other HDD Charts, but the interpretation of the data is different in the enterprise segment: Servers often depend on maximum I/O performance rather than on raw throughput. Of course, you can also check various other criteria: read and write throughput, sorted by average, minimum and maximum, access time, interface performance and four I/O benchmark patterns. You will find most of the popular enterprise hard drives made by Fujitsu, Hitachi and Seagate; all using either Ultra320 SCSI or SAS interfaces. Then there is the price/performance index which helps you select a particular drive, as it relates performance and capacity to cost of drive. If your company requires a large number of hard drives, this feature will enable you to make an informed and budget friendly decision.

News

Recalled notebook batteries to cost Sony up to $267 million
Tuesday 12 September 2006 – 05:33
The recent global recall of Sony batteries that has been reported to affect nearly 6 million owners of Dell and Apple notebook computers, will cost Sony as much as $267 million, according to a Sony China official.
Production cost of Optimus keyboard expected to be well above $1000
Tuesday 19 December 2006 – 05:19
The developers of the forthcoming Color OLED keyboard Optimus 103 are facing higher development and production costs than what was generally estimated.
Cost of cyber-crime continues to decline
Friday 11 June 2004 – 04:05
The number of cyber-crime incidents and malicious hack attacks has fallen again year on year as it has since 2001, according to a survey by the Computer Security Institute (CSI).
TI CEO: Ultra-low-cost handset costs to edge down to $15
Thursday 16 February 2006 – 04:14
The buoyant ultra-low-cost handset market has spurred keen competition among chipmakers, which are developing lower cost solutions to meet vast demand
LCD monitor panel prices approaching production cost levels
Tuesday 21 March 2006 – 05:04
Prices for 17" LCD monitor panels have fallen to near production cost levels for second-tier panel makers, and even lower than production costs for China-based panel makers, whose costs for the segment are US$140-145, according to market sources.

Articles & reviews

Cost-Defying Single-Channel Platforms: Chipsets from NVIDIA and VIA*
Friday 7 November 2003 – 06:00
With its dual-channel RAM interface, NVIDIA's nForce2 Ultra 400 is still the performance champion. But not everyone can afford to spring for a new processor, a motherboard and two DIMMs in one fell swoop. We tell you how to cut costs by using a cheaper single-channel platform.
Low Cost, Mid-Range or High-End? Three CD Writers at 8, 12 and 16 speed*
Friday 30 March 2001 – 07:00
Yamaha, AOpen and Mitsumi have different products for different sectors of the market. We wanted to know whether it makes sense to purchase a high-end drive like the Yamaha CRW2100E or if a simple mainstream drive will suffice.
Lo-Cost Duel: Duron 1100 vs. Celeron 1200*
Wednesday 3 October 2001 – 07:00
It doesn't get any cheaper than this: both manufacturers offer entry-level 1 GHz CPUs for less than $130. How fast are they in comparison to the high-end processors - which is a better choice, AMD or Intel?
Update: Oils derived from wood chips could reduce cost of biofuel*
Saturday 19 May 2007 – 12:26
The search for renewable energy sources is gaining traction and researchers from the University of Georgia now say they have found a way to use wood chips for the generation of biofuel that can be blended with biodiesel and petroleum diesel to power conventional engines. ...
MMR: Can Solar Power Reduce the Cost of Gaming?*
Monday 31 July 2006 – 03:02
Energy costs are rising, and so is the energy consumption of your high-powered video game consoles and PCs. Is solar power the answer to reducing the high price of gaming? Our resident yank investigates. Also: the AMD-ATI merger; Germany bans Dead Rising without actually banning it; Rockstar Games gets off with a slap on the wrist and an Xbox 360 price cut may be on its way.