New larger main internal hard drive

I have a PowerPC G5 (4 X 2.5 GHZ). I have two 500 GB internal drives. The specs say that 500 GB is the maximum size. Is this true? Or can I put a 1 TB or 2 TB drive in the main slot?

Those specs never get updated even when new drives, and when it is shown that something works. Pretty much have to go by 'word of mouth' and databases like AYM.
http://www.xlr8yourmac.com/
WD Caviar Black (or Blue) are popular. Hitachi has a 2TB drive, WD does also but they may not work, come in too many flavors to go into unless you must.
Even WD 10K VelociRaptor 300GB makes a nice drive and works in Quads. Say system drive and then 1TB Caviar Black for data.
There are drive makes and models I'd steer away from, too. Seagate 1.5TB or any 7200.11. Green, any make.

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