Are there internal hard drives available fo a 2006 Mac Pro?

Looks like my original equipment 500 GB internal HD for my 2006 Mac Pro is dying. Are there any repacement HDs out there?

Over-due for upgrade it sounds like. Anything you want. SATA is SATA.
SSD $100
10K WD VelociRaptor $100 250GB (180MB/sec) or 1TB $200
WD Black 1TB $93
Generally, System drive / data and media drive / backup / spare sysstem drive
WD Black 1TB $93
http://www.amazon.com/Western-Digital-Caviar-Internal-Desktop/dp/B0036Q7MV0/
WD Green 3TB $149 - backup
http://www.amazon.com/Western-Digital-Caviar-Green-Desktop/dp/B004RORMF6/
WD VR 10K 250GB $103 200MB/sec boot drive :
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B007V5A1BK/
Those last and last and make a nice boot drive.
SSD: Samsung 840 128GB
http://www.amazon.com/Samsung-Series-120GB-internal-MZ-7TD120BW/dp/B009NHAF06/
ATI Radeon 5770
http://store.apple.com/us/product/MC742ZM/A
http://www.amazon.com/Apple-ATI-Radeon-5770-MC742ZM/dp/B003Z6QH6M
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/726537-REG/Apple_MC742ZM_A_ATI_Radeon_HD_5 770.html
And definitely upgrade and replace your RAM.
How To Install and Remove Memory Mac Prohttps://support.apple.com/kb/HT4433
2x2GB FBDIMM DDR2 667MHz @ $29http://www.amazon.com/BUFFERED-PC2-5300-FB-DIMM-APPLE-Memory/dp/B002ORUUAC/
Hardware Monitor
http://www.bresink.com/osx/HardwareMonitor.html

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