Which hard drive for my iMac

Hi
The hard drive has just died on my iMac Intel Core 2 duo 2.8 GHZ 500MB hard drive mid 2007 bought in Februar 2008. I would like to fit a 1TB or 2TB drive. I am not sure which models are compatible with my iMac. Can somebody shed a little light on the subject for me. the hard drive model is Seriel ATA
WDC WD5000AAKS-40YGA0
kind regards

You can use any 3.5" serial ATA hard drive. I would get one that has a 5 year warranty on it versus 2-3 years on many of them. I know the Western Digital Caviar Black drives have 5 year warranties, and there are others. 

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