I have a fractal design core 1000 which already has 2 HDD attached (lucky to fit 2nd one in). Will i definitely need a bigger case? I thought there was possibly space under the dvd drive but is that a natural place to place an ssd? On top of that I have a MSI H61M-P31 motherboard, does it only have 2 sata ports? In this case i presume i need a new motherboard too
The SATA port thing with the motherboard, yea you are going to need to have a look at a new board or dropping one of the HDD. For mounting the SSD, they can go anywhere. I have one stuck to the back of my motherboard tray. I use double sided foam tape the auto industry use to stick number plates on. Unless you are going to be moving your PC a lot then SSD's don't need to be screwed in. They can flap around hanging off their cable and no harm will come to them. There are no moving parts and they are real light.
Okay, probably remove my 500GB HDD then as I have a fresh 1TB one. Thanks for reply :)