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Prices

Size (gig)	Min cost	Avg cost	Price/gig	Price last 30 days	Currently
3000	$839.99	$5474.68	$1.825		Lower
2000	$107.5	$190.428	$0.095		Higher
1500	$84.95	$295.32	$0.197		Higher
1000	$55	$81.8693	$0.082		Higher
1000 32mb	$56.99	$108.945	$0.109		Higher
750	$46.99	$80.7493	$0.108		Higher
750 32mb	$52.99	$220.547	$0.294		Higher
640	$45	$166.546	$0.26		Higher
500	$39.99	$49.8536	$0.1		Higher
500 32mb	$47.99	$80.5016	$0.161		Lower
400	$34.99	$2512.78	$6.282		Lower
320	$33.99	$54.0556	$0.169		Lower
300	$33.99	$1090.99	$3.637		Lower
250	$30	$51.9049	$0.208		Average
200	$28.99	$1079.5	$5.398		Higher
160	$26.99	$49.8271	$0.311		Average
120	$26.99	$63.3111	$0.528		Lower
80	$21.99	$45.9087	$0.574		Average
60	$21.99	$207.663	$3.461		Higher
40	$16.86	$73.4139	$1.835		Average

Prices are from the website www.pricewatch.com

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What this script does

This script works by querying Price Watch every 6 hours and keeping record of the average drive prices. The average for each drive is calculated by averaging the 10 cheapest drive prices together. This price is stored in a database along with a time stamp.

The column labeled "currently" indicates weather the most current price is above or below the 30 day average. Prices above average are labeled "higher" and those below are labeled "lower". When a drive is at it's best price in the last 30 days, it is labeled "lowest".

The graphs for each drive are a plot of price/gig over the past 30 days. This helps give a visual indication to where the current price of the drive stands.

Keep in mind that price/gig isn't the only consideration when buying a drive. Factors such as cache, warranty and drive performance are all important. We assume by using this page, you understand this already.

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This script is written by Andrew Que. To get in touch with Andrew Que, visit his contact page.