Value
The term “Value” is such an amorphous term that it truly has different meanings for different people. For some a hard drive is only as good as its performance potential, for others it is how quiet or durable it is; for others still it’s how effective it is for its cost. We here at HWC try to provide as many answers as possible for the term “Value”. Hopefully by this point in the review people looking at performance potential will have a fairly good idea of what its Value is. For the “best bang for the buck” crowd we have included a chart below showing how much a give drive costs per GB . No consideration has been made for performance, “durability” or any other extraneous factors; this is just raw performance vs. monetary cost. All prices are based on the lowest price found in our Price Comparison engine at the time of their initial review. 
On the surface this $3.12 per GB does not appear to be that great a value. However, looks can be deceiving and while it is costly on a per GB scale you have to remember that you only have to pay for 40GB to get the darn thing. It really is a classic example of economy of scale, as the larger the drive the cheaper it will be. However, if you only have $125 to spend for a drive and you want a Solid State Drive, this is easily the best deal you are going to find….unless that is you are willing to give up that amazing accessories list and get the bare bones version in which case all you need is $112.
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