Bought new iMac 20.5", jumped the gun purchasing a 2TB Hard Drive

Ok I bought this Hard Drive without really investing anything about the new iMacs. This is my fault. I bought a new Barracuda XT from Seagate. The performance on this Hard Drive is suppose to be pretty fast with a 6Gb/s & 64MB cache, how could I resist? From later reading on the web I found out that the temperature sensor is off the Hard Drive and depending on what drive is in your original computer. Well the computer is suppose to arrive tomorrow. Should I bravely tread and replace the hard drive? Do you think apple support would help me in this venture? Or should I call Seagate before I explore my new jewel of a computer? Any information would be greatly appreciated. My idea is in case I have a Western Digital Hard Drive that I could find out from someone who has a Seagate Hard Drive if they know the temperature terminals on the drive itself with a picture of how it is connected.
I will post my finding later in this thread with pictures, if I can figure that out.
Thanks in advance.

you are going to crack open your brand new iMac (voiding the warrantee)
It's not an easy job to do. You can't just pop the back off to get at the drive. You need to remove the glass screen from the front with a pair of suction cups to get at the chassis. Then when you get the drive installed, you have to worry about getting everything back together just right. If you run into problems, you will need to pay to get it fixed. Also as stated, your warranty will be shot at that point.
If you want to create a speed demon, I suggest getting a Mac Pro and set up a RAID 0 configuration with 2 fast drives.
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