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If you haven't already got a good idea of what is on offer, these summary tables should help a lot. All prices are the cheapest at time of publication.

Manufacturer	Maxtor
Model	DiamondMax + 9						MaXline 2
Interface	ATA 133				SATA 150		ATA 133
Nominal Capacity	80 GB	120 GB	160 GB	200 GB	120 GB	160 GB	250 GB
Rotational Speed	7200 RPM	7200 RPM	7200 RPM	7200 RPM	7200 RPM	7200 RPM	5400 RPM
Cache Size	8 MB	8 MB	8 MB	8 MB	8 MB	8 MB	2 MB
Price (inc. VAT)	£41.42	£55.07	£62.51	£74.98	£60.75	£72.34	£112.98
Retailer	Watford Electronics	Overclock	Overclock	Dabs	Overclock	Overclock	Dabs
Formatted Capacity	76 GB	114 GB	152 GB	189 GB	114 GB	152 GB	233 GB
Cost per GB	55p	48p	41p	40p	53p	48p	48p
PC Mark 2004 Score	4456	3663	4236	4574	4606	4708	3196
Average Seek time	6.38ms	9.75ms	9.21ms	8.71ms	8.69ms	8.55ms	10.37ms
Typical Running Temperature	41c	41c	41c	41c	55c	55c	35c

Manufacturer	Hitachi	Seagate	Western Digital				Samsung
Model	Deskstar	Barracuda	Caviar		Raptor		Spinpoint
Interface	ATA 100	SATA 150	SATA 150	ATA 100	SATA 150		ATA 133	SATA 150
Nominal Capacity	250GB	200 GB	250 GB	200 GB	36 GB	74 GB	120 GB	160 GB
Rotational Speed	7200 RPM	7200 RPM	7200 RPM	7200 RPM	10 000 RPM	10 000 RPM	7200 RPM	7200 RPM
Cache Size	8 MB	8 MB	8 MB	8 MB	8 MB	8 MB	8 MB	8 MB
Price (inc. VAT)	£110.99	£82	£118.64	£72	£71.64	£119.97	£56.98	£65.74
Retailer	Dabs	Komplett	eBuyer	Komplett	eBuyer	eBuyer	Dabs	MicroDirect
Formatted Capacity	232 GB	186 GB	232 GB	186 GB	34 GB	69 GB	111 GB	149 GB
Cost per GB	48p	44p	51p	39p	£2.11	£1.74	51 p	44 p
PC Mark 2004 Score	5398	4432	4142	4105	5215	5604	4596	4938
Average Seek time	6.93ms	7.72ms	10.27ms	9.93ms	6.4ms	5.96ms	8.1ms	8.1ms
Typical Running Temperature	44c	52c	56c	51c	43c	43c	39c	45c