SSD Upgrade

[Night Fox]

Asus P5q motherboard
Ultra LS500 PSU
Intel Q9400
WD 500GB
Windows 7 Home Premium x64

Above are my current specs (well, the necessary ones...if you need something else, then please ask). I've been looking at SSD's for quite a while now and I believe I've found the one I want to purchase: OCZ Vertex 2. I am planning on taking out my old hard drive, put in this SSD, go into the BIOS and boot from Windows 7 install disk and install it on the SSD. After reading some reviews, I got to thinking that this may not be as easy as described above. I read something about ICH9R controllers not working with this SSD...is this only for RAID...? I'm not planning on any RAID setup. Will ICH10R controller work just fine?

Also, I'm not sure what to do with my old hard drive. Can I just plug it back in after installing windows 7 on my SSD, and then copy all of the files to an external hard drive, and then format that drive, then put everything back on? Or is there a better way?

 

[MindoverMaster]

SSDs are fine, They're just like any HDD, just a different interior. I have one as well.

With the old drive, you can just put it as a secondary drive. Easily done. No format needed.

Just for a precaution, you want a bigger SSD drive. I previously had a 30GB OCZ SSD, and I was crying for space. Get this:
Newegg.com - OCZ Vertex 2 OCZSSD2-2VTXE60G 2.5" 60GB SATA II MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)

 

[PP Mguire]

A fast SSD will always make things better and a computer more enjoyable. You can simply use your other drive for bigger programs and storage.

 

[Night Fox]

So this SSD (or the one mindovermaster recommended) will work fine with my motherboard, etc? I don't have to do any tinkering or special changes or anything?

 

[PP Mguire]

Yea it acts just like a regular drive where the board is concerned.