Best internal hard drive for FCP

I'm ready to get another hard drive to go in my currently empty second bay of my PowerMac G5. Right now I have the 160 GB in the upper bay, but I need more for capturing video. Can I please get recommendations on the absolute best/largest internal hard drive I should get? The Seagate Barracuda 7200.8 400GB seems to have gotten high ratings, but I'm not sure if it's the best for capturing video. I want the absolutely best hard drive that I can get for capturing video with the largest space. Thank you.

so everyone agrees that this is the best out there i can get?
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16822148063
thanks

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