Custom Build Desktop - SSD?

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Hey guys. I just purchased my parts for second custom desktop I am building. I talked to a friend and he recommended that I get a SSD drive to use for my boot drive so Windows 7 will load faster? Will this work with the parts I bought? What do you recommend for a SSD?

Here are the links to my parts:
Cooler Master Haf X- Newegg.com - COOLER MASTER HAF X Blue Edition RC-942-KKN3 Black Steel / Plastic ATX Full Tower Computer Case with Black Interior and Four Blue LED Fans-1x 140mm rear fan, 1x 200mm top fan, 1x 200mm side fan, and 1x 230mm front fan
Asus P8Z77 LGA 1155 Motherboard- Newegg.com - ASUS P8Z77-V LK LGA 1155 Intel Z77 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard with UEFI BIOS
Intel Core i7-3770- Newegg.com - Intel Core i7-3770 Ivy Bridge 3.4GHz (3.9GHz Turbo) LGA 1155 77W Quad-Core Desktop Processor Intel HD Graphics 4000 BX80637I73770
Kingston HyperX 16GB Ram- Newegg.com - Kingston HyperX Beast 16GB (2 x 8GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 2400 (PC3 19200) Desktop Memory Model KHX24C11T3K2/16X
Zotac ZT-61102-10M Video Card- Newegg.com - ZOTAC ZT-61102-10M GeForce GTX 650 Ti 2GB 128-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 HDCP Ready Video Card
Asus BluRay Burner/DVD- Newegg.com - ASUS Black 12X BD-R 2X BD-RE 16X DVD+R 12X DVD-RAM 8X BD-ROM 8MB Cache SATA Blu-ray Burner BW-12B1ST/BLK/G/AS
2x Seagate Barracuda 2TB- Newegg.com - Seagate Barracuda STBD2000101 2TB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive
2x Acer S231HL 23" FP- Newegg.com - Acer S231HLbid Black 23" 5ms HDMI LED-Backlight LCD monitor Slim Design 250 cd/m2 ACM 12,000,000:1 (1000:1)
Kingston 15-in-1 Reader- Newegg.com - Kingston FCR-HS3 15-in-1 USB 3.0 Media Reader

Let me know what you think would work best for an SSD!

Thanks
 
What do you plan to do with this PC?
You have some inconsistencies which just don't add up. A 3770 (Non OC CPU) in a Z77 board (OCable board). Good CPU with weak GPU.

To answer your question, depends on how much you want to spend.

My vote is for Corsair Neutron GTX, Corsair Force GT, or Samsung 830/840pro.
 
Hmm. What would you recommend for a GPU then? I plan on doing a lot of Photoshop, video editing, photography, email, and some gaming.

Thanks
 
Really depends on your budget. I would try to get at least the 660 for that some gaming and make it a more reliable brand like eVGA or Asus. The extra horsepower does help in Photoshop too. My 580 helps a lot when I'm touching stuff up and makes everything real snippy.

I would keep everything you have currently besides change the RAM. You really don't need 2400 RAM. Anything over 1600 isn't noticed and beyond that is a waste of money.

You can save on cost by swapping the Z77 board out to an H77 or B75. There isn't a reason to have the Z77 when you wont be overclocking due to not having a K processor.
You will also need a PSU too.
Either of these will do fine:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139020
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817151095
 
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