Bjorn3D takes a look at the Seagate 500GB Barracuda 7200.9 SATA 3Gb/s HDD

Storage just gets bigger and bigger, but there are some good reasons for that. For one thing, files keep getting bigger as high-definition programming gains popularity. Also, games are commonly installing at 3GB and larger these days as well. Another trend that is driving storage size up is the increase in the number of files that people are storing, especially music files, videos and high-resolution photos. Still, with all that said, it's hard for me to imagine the average user needing more than 200GB. Plenty of people must be using more than that, though, since all the major hard drive manufacturers are offering 500GB drives now. Seagate and Hitachi were the first to offer 500GB drives, and they were the only ones for months. 600GB+ drives are on the horizon, but for now, 500GB is as big as they get.

Seagate 500GB Barracuda 7200.9 SATA 3Gb/s HDD Review