Dual G5 want new HD: SATA? SATA-II? and other questions

I have a Dual G5 2Ghz and it only has 2 slots internally for the disk drives. I currently have a Raptor as the boot drive (OSX 10.4.11), as well as the original 160GB drive (OSX 10.5.?) that came with the Mac.
I want to replace the 160GB drive with a 500GB or similar drive. Do I want to look for SATA or SATA-II ? Will SATA-II drives work on SATA?
There is no point in getting (and paying for) a drive that is faster than the Mac SATA can handle, I assume!
Can someone explain to me what I should look for, or even more specifically, which specific drives I should consider?
Thanks
W

Hi-
There is not a drive size support limit with the G5.
All drive sizes may be considered.
1TB and 1.5TB drives are reported as successfully used in the G5.
No real, solid information on the 2TB drives, though there is no physical or software reason why it wouldn't work.
With a 2TB drive, it may be necessary to partition in two, but this is only necessary in earlier OS versions.
OS X 10.5x should not have a problem.
2TB drives are relatively new, and there are scattered reports of troubles from users of even the latest machines, PC or Mac.
Western Digital drives are reported favorably, and I really like mine.
Avoid the "green" drives for internal use, regardless of maker.
Stick with 7200 RPM SATA drives like the WD Black or Blue series.

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