Questions and advice on 2011 MBP SSD upgrade

Hello,

I have an early 2011 15" MBP, 2.2 i7, with the stock 500 GB Hitachi hard drive. I identified an SSD that I want to use to upgrade, especially given the size (500GB) and price ~$275:

http://www.amazon.com/Samsung-Elect...D500BW/dp/B009NHAF3I/ref=cm_cr_pr_product_top

First off, I was wondering if anyone here had experience with the Samsung SSDs. I looked at some of the threads here as well as upgrade instructions for an MBP of the same exact specifications on another website for an OWC SSD:

http://www.bjorn3d.com/2011/11/a-complete-ssd-upgrade-kit-for-macbook-pro-early-2011/#.UJbM1ml25vZ

https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/1104245/

https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/1102430/

My second question is, would this Samsung SSD be compatible with full 6G speeds if in the main bay? I don't know much about hard drives, but could someone explain to me the difference between SATA II/III and 3G/6G?

My last question is if anyone knows where I can find a good video or the instructions necessary for upgrading my old HDD with the SSD.

Thanks for the help.

Thanks for the assistance. The item was marked as "under review" by Amazon so I did not order. It was removed from this list but the price increased beyond $300; however, I found it on Newegg and used a $60 promo code to discount it even further from the price listed there, and I just ordered it:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820147190

Deal expires midnight pacific time, if anyone is interested. Promo code found here:

http://techreport.com/news/24418/deal-of-the-week-early-edition-a-500gb-samsung-ssd-for-280

Soot, I had a quick look at your thread. Looks very helpful, will use it when installing the SSD.

When reading reviews I came across "TRIM" and reviewers sometimes posted about installing firmware on Windows because it was easier. Is any of this necessary, or is it unrelated/nothing to worry about? Thanks.

EDIT: I just realized ChunkAhoy mentioned TRIM. What exactly does TRIM do for your SSD?

I recently installed my Samsung 840 Series SSD any everything seems to be going well. I enabled Trim and found some suggestions here on other SSD optimizations.

http://blog.alutam.com/2012/04/01/optimizing-macos-x-lion-for-ssd/

http://sysadmin.flakshack.com/post/9253439680/ssd-tweaks-for-mac-os-x

My question is what are the drawbacks of disabling hibernation? I am having some trouble understanding that. I understand a benefit is gaining back the disk space used by the sleep image and not constantly writing the contents of memory to disk. But what negative effects are there? Is the only drawback that I would lose my current memory in the event of battery dying? What would happen to open applications when the laptop is awakened from sleep? Or in other words, what are the benefits of keeping hibernation on? Thanks for the help.