Changing out my HD for a new one on a new imac 2.4 20"

Hi all, I want to change out my stock 320 GB hitachi to something bigger. what is the biggest HD I can hold in the 20 inch iMac. I mean as long as it is a 3.5: SATA I should be OK. I am asking cause I saw there is a new Barracuda line(seagate) that is 7200.11 it has data rates like 105Mb/sec and like 32mb cache (I think ).

Gary G. wrote:
there is a new Barracuda line(seagate) that is 7200.11 it
has data rates like 105Mb/sec and like 32mb cache ....
I'm using a 500GB 7200.11 in an external enclosure, and
it's FAST (faster than firewire) and quiet. However, you
might want to ask around to see if anyone has had success
with a 7200.11 product as an iMac internal drive. I found
a note on Seagate's web site warning that some drives are
incompatible with some earlier iMacs, but it's not clear
whether the warning applies to the 7200.11 family. Might
be a good idea to call Seagate's pre-sales tech support.
http://www.seagate.com/www/en-us/support/beforeyou_buy/buying_a_drive_for_amacintosh/
Every SATA Seagate I've seen (including my 7200.11) has
a jumper to force the drive into 1.5Gb/s mode -- but it's
unclear when/if the jumper should be installed. See the
following thread for some of the confusing details:
http://discussions.apple.com/click.jspa?searchID=2886872&messageID=5938701
...good luck,
Looby

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