How To Install SSD In MacBook Pro?

Hello Apple Experts, I am new to this forum. I have An Apple MacBook Pro Retina 2013. Its very powerful but except its Flash Drive is not very fast and its making my MacBook slow. So to make it faster I want to install an Intel SSD 520 480GB to it. But I am afraid because its a very new and I don't know how to do it. So Can anyone of you help me to do it? Its Greatly Appreciated, Thanks...
My MacBook Specs Are:-
CPU- Intel Core i7 3840QM 2.8GHz
RAM- 16GB DDR3 1600MHz
GPU- NVIDIA Geforce GT 650M
Storage- 750GB Flash Drive
If any other info is required then ask me....
Thanks For Any Help...........

Your slow response of the system could be caused by many different factors. From a corrupted install of the OS to faulty hardware in the system.
The only way to test it is to completely erase the drive, Repartition it, and reinstall the operating system, OS X, and all your programs. If after a Clean install of OS X, and selectively installing your programs one at a time, and testing after each install to find out why the system is running so slow. If right after installing the OS the system is slow to respond then it is likely a hardware problem. If it runs fine then it was a software problem.
If you find it is a hardware problem the only thing to do is take the system to Apple for diagnosis and repair or exchange.
If you find it is a software problem then do not install that piece of software.
Apple990 wrote:
If my Flash Storage is SSD then why is my MacBook so slow, Please help me it takes about 15-20sec to open the Store and other apps also takes more than normal time. Please help I have also Updated My OS X but still the problem persists.

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