Will it die before I get the SSD benefit?

I have an early '09 24" iMac 3.06 ghz core 2 duo and am thinking of replacing the 1tb hdd with an equivalent ssd which I can purchase for around £350.00. I've upgraded the ram a year ago to 8gb.
I recently exchanged the hdd and memory on a 13" mac book pro with great results, but I'm worried that due to the age of the iMac there may be other components at death's door of which I am not aware which may fail after the new drive is fitted. Basically I'm asking, do you folks think it's worth it to upgrade to ssd and if I do what are the possible weak spots in the near future?
Thanks for your time.

I have found the order of failure is
The Optical drive, first.
The hard drive usually goes before the CPU or Logic Board which, "usually", are the last things to fail.
The GPU card/chip can fail and is, again, "usually" the third hardware component to go, but it depends.
There is no real timeline for any of this to fail, other than the optical drives, in iMacs, are prone to premature failure and the hard drives, these days, are said to only last up to 5-6 years before a potential failure.
Hard drive will always fail over time, so it's always a good idea to have multiple external backup drives to protect your data.
What do you want us to tell you?
You have a six year old IMac. Computers are like plumbing. They do not get better with age!
If everything is still working and you want to do this, do it!
I used a 2003 PowerMac for over 8 years and added all sorts of things to it to keep it as current as I could until a time when I could finally get myself a newer, used Mac.
If you are DIY-ing all of this on your iMac, you have to take precautions like working in a static free area with anti-static protection. Be careful with all of the delicate and finicky connection cables, etc. and do not damage anything.
Good Luck!

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