Question re: upgrading to a SSD

I have a Mid 2010 MacBook Pro (2.66GHz) with a 320GB drive that came with the machine. I recently purchased a Seagate 600 SSD (http://www.seagate.com/internal-hard-drives/solid-state-hybrid/laptop-600-ssd/) and saw that the height is 7mm. I believe my current drive is 9.5mm. Does anyone know whether or not I would need to have a spacer? I'm finding conflicting results on various websites and Seagate's website doesn't help much. If you have done this before, please let me know what I would need to get in order to upgrade properly.
Thank you so much for your help!

When I purchased my latest Crucial SSD, I went ahead and installed the provided spacer. You don't, as Kappy says, really need it. I just installed it because it was there!
Clinton
EDIT: let us know how you get along with the drive... I've no experience with Seagate SSDs at all and seldom hear of people that have purchased them.
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