Extra SSD in iMac

Hi Guys,
I would like to put an extra SSD Harddrive into my 2010 iMac 27".
Do you have any Information, what it would cost in Germany or even if I could make it myself?
Is an SSD much improvement for an iMac with quadcore i5 and 12 GB of RAM?
Thank klist

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