Which replacement HD do I need to buy?

The hard drive in my old iMac 20" (Ambient Light Sensor May 2005 model) has died and I need to buy a replacement. Can I check that I am buying the right part? I was going to buy a SATA 3.5" 250Gb and was thinking about getting this one: Seagate ST3250318AS 250GB Hard Drive SATAII 7200rpm 8MB Cache - OEM
Will this be compatible?

That looks fine. Here's a good place to find it, if it's not already where you found it.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148451&Tpk=ST3250318AS
Only thing is before installing, see if it's necessary, or even possible, to set the jumpers before installing. I'm pretty sure the SATA controller in the iMac is the older type.
The jumper block adjacent to the SATA interface connector on SATA 300MB/sec drives can be used to force the drive into SATA 150MB/sec mode for use with older SATA controllers that only work with SATA 150MB/sec drives.
http://www.seagate.com/ww/v/index.jsp?locale=en-US&name=SerialATA_Jumpers_andCabling&vgnextoid=4a02242cb043e010VgnVCM100000dd04090aRCRD
Also, I just installed a similar Seagate drive, which was supposed to come with jumpers and it didn't. In the end, it didn't matter, since I was putting it in an external enclosure. But this would have been a problem if I'd needed to put it inside. You might want to call Seagate pre-sales first, 1-800-SEAGATE.

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