Macbook pro new ssd hard drive upgrade

Hi
i have a 2011 Mac book pro with a 320g hard drive. just purchased a samsung ssd 840 evo 250g hard drive that i want to upgrade.
i am backing up my current hd using time machine on a external hd drive i have .
my question is the new ssd drive i have is blank when i install it in my mac book pro will it be ok or do i need to download anything extra so it runs the operating system ?
or is their something im forgetting to do ?
i am currently running osx 10.9.2
thanks

The easiest way to do this would be to put the new drive in an external enclosure and use Carbon Copy Cloner to copy the old drive to the new one.
http://www.amazon.com/Sabrent-2-5-Inch-Aluminum-Enclosure-EC-TB4P/dp/B005EIGUD4/ ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1395884125&sr=8-3&keywords=2.5+enclosure
Alternatively, you can just install the new drive, but then you'll have to boot to Internet Recovery, install Lion or whatever it is for your machine, then upgrade to Mavericks and migrate using Migration Assistant. The enclosure method is much easier.

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