I wanna buy an SSD for mid2012 macbook pro 13' i7! Help with sizes eh?

So I really wanna get an SSD for my macbook pro 13' mid2012 (not retina), and I know where I can get help to install it, but I dont know what dimensions of  the ssd has to be. I never use my dvd drive, and I saw somewhere you can replace it with and SSD or other hard drive. Now first question: Is the SATA cable to the dvd drive only 3.0Gbit/s or is it 6.0Gbit/s so an ssd could run on full speed?
And then dimensions, the ssd I have been looking at is the '
'SSD 180GB Intel 520 OEM'
(link to my local computer shop: http://www.inet.se/produkt/4304354/ssd-180gb-intel-520-oem (swedish))
Now is it the right size or do I have to get some sort of converter or holder, or will it even fit at all?
If you know any good SSD's that are good, not toooo expensive and fits into my macbook pro, I would love to see them

Visit OWC for alternatives. You want one that supports 6.0 Gb/s SATA III. It should be a 2.5" notebook sized drive. At OWC look at their Mercury 6G models.

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