There isn't a whole lot to say about this drive that is different than the 400GB 7200.8 model we reviewed a while back. It is a monster of a drive that will fill the needs of anyone looking for the most space possible out of one hard drive. However once again we come to the price of this drive, which is no cheaper than $337 USD currently on Dealtime. With the recent price drop of 300GB drives, you could easily drop less money on two Seagate 300GB hard drives and throw them into a RAID configuration. Thus, ending up with a cheaper and faster setup.

However looking at the Seagate 500GB 7200.9 hard drive against other top contenders; the benchmarks are rather unsettled. The benchmarks seem to be all over the place, not to mention abnormally good in the burst speed test which the drive scored WELL above the rest. The burst speed test was taken several times over to confirm the accuracy, and we received the same results each time.

Overall, we feel that if you do need this much space in your PC then invest in a couple smaller cheaper hard drives and setup a RAID configuration, don't drop the cash on one larger hard drive. On the other hand, if you absolutely need 500GB per drive then this Seagate 500GB 7200.9 hard drive is the way to go.