Can I Replace My OS Drive With A SSD?

I currently have 4 drives in my Mac Pro Tower and would like to replace them all (including the OS drive) with SSD's. Can I?
TIA

If you want to look at your options, I'd first consider the 10K VelociRaptor before dropping couple thousand. Also you have an open lower optical drive bay, then use the ODD ports on the logicboard for two drives.
http://www.barefeats.com/hard103.html SSD vs others
http://www.xlr8yourmac.com/IDE/SSDvs_VelociRaptor_vs_Raptor/SSD_vs_VelociRaptorRaptor.html
http://www.barefeats.com/harper14.html - cheap, fast, cool temps.

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