Replacing HD on MacBook Pro

I own a MacBook Pro with a 250 GB 5400 RPM HD. Am I able to replace it with a HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5-Inch 1TB 7200 RPM SATA III 32MB Cache Internal Hard Drive 0J22423? I don't know a whole lot on replacing hard drives and I didn't know if I needed to stay with a 1TB 5400 RPM vs. 1TB 7200 RPM. If I am replacing my HD I want to put in the best that I can. Thank you, I am hoping someone who is more knowledgable about this will help me out ! Thanks everyone :)

I have five of the HGST Travelstar 7K1000's that I use for cloning my internal SSD. They are fine drives.
Here's a video about how to install the drive in your model -> http://eshop.macsales.com/installvideos/macbookpro_13_unibody_mid10_hd/.
Do you have backups so that you can restore your current data onto the new drive? If not, I would recommend buying a USB enclosure (also available at OWC) and put your new drive in the enclosure. Then use Carbon Copy Cloner to clone your old drive to your new. Then install the new drive in your machine and boot from it.
A piece of cake. Easy as pie.
Clinton

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