1)I just bought a new ssd, i want to know how i would go about installing windows 8.1 on it, i have the key and its installed on my hard drive. Will i need to deactivate it first?
2)Im new to ssd's is there anything i should know about using one? I bought 850 evo, is there any ssd specific software i should be using or any specific things i need to do when using an ssd?
3)Also, would my ssd be okay if its install on the mounting spot in define r5 thats behind the motherboard?
4)And is there anything that should be avoided when using an ssd?
You install windows just like you normally would. If you don't know how to do this I'm sure it would not be hard to find a tutorial on this somewhere.
850 EVO seems like a pretty good drive. I put one in my laptop a few months ago and it has worked great. Doesn't need anything fancy to work and is pretty fast.
Put it where ever you want.
The only thing that immediately comes to mind that you don't want to do with a SSD is run a scheduled defrag. SSDs have no need to defrag so it won't help your performance wears and out the drive faster.
Other than the defrag thing you can pretty much treat it like a regular hard drive.
They generate very little heat because they use hardly any power compared to a regular drive. I think this guide has some good info if you are looking for other things you might want to tweak. The screenshots are all of windows 7 but will give you some ideas.