Buying a budget ssd

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Pcbuilder123

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Hey people! I built my budget pc around 3 months ago (fx4300 @4.2ghz w/ stock cooler, ga78lmtusb3, fx4300, hd 7770 2gb, cx430, rosewill ranger m, 2tb seagate green, 8gb 1333, and yeah...) Here is a picture of what I got:http://imgur.com/5irrBBO
I want a pny xlr8 120 gb ssd that is 59$ on amazon as my 8th grade grad gift:http://www.amazon.com/PNY-120GB-6Gbps-2-5-Inch-SSD9SC120GMDF-RB/dp/B007WT9SU0
It seems like a great performer, and I want to buy it by the end of this month, and before then buy a 3.5 to 2.5 inch adapter. It seems fairly good and performs like a 840 evo, so is it good? I have a 35$ amazon giftcard, so it will only be like 24$, which all in all is not that bad. Should I buy the adapter now or when I buy the ssd? If I get it now it will be kind of final that I am going to buy it. My mobo only has sata 3gbps, but the performance increase should be noticeable right? I will take all the games and put them onto my laptop (already did) and then just put them back in my steamapps folder. Does it sound like a plan? I will fresh install windows 7 and format my current hdd. How do I make it so that steam is on my ssd, but my games arew on my hdd?
 
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Pcbuilder123

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How do you zip tie in an ssd, I really don't want to have to buy an adapter. Do you just zip tie in the whole thing? Can you screw it in? I am just wondering because I don't want to spend extra money where I don't need to. There won't be a big difference between this and something costs more like a crucial m4, right? Not a huge diff , atleast.
 
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fricklesmn

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Hello,

Most if not all SSD's are fully enclosed except connector ends, and unlike a hard drive can me set at weird angles and mounted anywhere convenient. I personally just used Velcro to keep it at the bottom of my case, as like you i don't have a case with 2.5" mounting location.

That SSD will be just fine, and will be a noticeable performance improvement loading windows and games, tho may not affect FPS in games really.

The rest of your thoughts should work just fine
 
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Pcbuilder123

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Hello! So just electricians tape, velcro, or a zip tie will be fine ,correct? I am thinking about mounting it under my hard drive or under my optical drive. The upgrade consists of just plugging it on and installing Windows right? Should I format my hard drive, too?
 
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