[bigironhorse]

Ah, looking at pictures of compatible SSDs it doesn't look there is any connectivity except the SATA II, so I guess it gets power via that.

[tomtom]

Think so!

[chris j]

Will I also need to connect power somehow? Are there any additional considerations I need to think about before using this method? Like after cloning can I just whip out the old HDD, replace with the new SDD and bobs your uncle?

Depending what software you have you might find some licences are linked to the HDD. I had problems with a CAD program and a GIS package both with single computer licences.  In both cases i needed to deactivate the licence on the old drive before i could activate on the new one.

The SSD should work happily off a USB cable. I took my old 256GB drive, put it in a USB enclosure and now use it as a spare external drive.