How big of an internal drive can I put in my 2007 iMac

My 2007 iMac hard drive has died & I'm looking for a new hard drive. What size/ how big can I go?
Debra

Are you planning on taking apart your iMac and installing this drive, yourself?
This is not an easy DIY project to do if you are a newbie or novice to working on computers or Macs.
It is a lot easier to purchase and external FireWire 800 hard drive and format it for OS X, install OS X on it and boot from and use the external drive.
Best external drives are from OWC (macsales.com) Mercury Pro or Mini stack drives (with or without additonal optical drive) and external FW hard drives from LaCie.
http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/firewire/1394/USB/EliteAL/eSATA_FW800_FW400_USB
http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/ministack_max
http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/ministack
http://www.lacie.com/us/products/product.htm?id=10554
I, personally, prefer Lacie drives. They are built like a rock and work very, very well. The drives have a good record for longevity.
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