Buying New SSD; Big Difference in reliability?

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Greetings to you all. I want to upgrade from an HDD to an SSD so I've been looking online at prices and suchlike. I would need a 120-128 GB SSD and I found two that look interesting. There's this one from PNY: http://www.amazon.com/PNY-120GB-6Gbps-2-5-Inch-SSD9SC120GMDF-RB/dp/B007WT9SU0/ref=sr_1_52?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1401997254&sr=1-52 which is the cheapest 120 GB one I could find, and then there's this one from Intel: http://www.amazon.com/Intel-Internal-Cables-Technology-2-5-Inch/dp/B00486UR2I/ref=sr_1_64?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1401997254&sr=1-64
Of course, the Intel one is a little more costly because there's the shipping charge. However, the Intel one comes with a mounting bracket (from what I can understand), so if I had to buy one for the PNY, it would pretty much balance out for price. I am leaning towards the Intel one, but I am not sure which brands are the most reliable for SSDs. Does it make a tremendous difference also? Would it be smarter to invest a little more in something more reliable, or are these (one of these) just fine?
 
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Intel established a name for reliability early in the SSD era and OCZ had a lot of problems in that area (OCZ is now sold to Toshiba). Aside from OCZ problems most other makers have mostly caught up and general SSD reliability has improved as the tech has matured. I still like Intel (and Samsung) but I wouldn't worry too much about other brands nowadays.
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Intel established a name for reliability early in the SSD era and OCZ had a lot of problems in that area (OCZ is now sold to Toshiba). Aside from OCZ problems most other makers have mostly caught up and general SSD reliability has improved as the tech has matured. I still like Intel (and Samsung) but I wouldn't worry too much about other brands nowadays.
 
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Hugely disappointing. The Intel SSD went down to $54.99 or something and that's with a 2.5" to 3.5" bracket and cables and everything, but unfortunately I couldn't get my friend in the States to buy it on time for me. :(
Ah, well, I guess I'll end up going for the PNY then, unless something else pops up that's cheaper. The EVO is out of my price range for now. :(
One last question: SSDs can use the regular SATA cables, right?
 
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Yes, regular SATA. You'll want to connect it to a SATA 3 (6GB/s) port for best performance
 
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Several Prices have fallen on recently and now I can get this one: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820721107&nm_mc=AFC-C8Junction&cm_mmc=AFC-C8Junction-_-na-_-na-_-na&cm_sp=&AID=10446076&PID=3938566&SID= ,
this one: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820178455&nm_mc=AFC-C8Junction&cm_mmc=AFC-C8Junction-_-na-_-na-_-na&cm_sp=&AID=10446076&PID=3938566&SID= ,
and this one: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820367083&nm_mc=AFC-C8Junction&cm_mmc=AFC-C8Junction-_-na-_-na-_-na&cm_sp=&AID=10446076&PID=3938566&SID=
for all around the same price. Are any of them better than the others? Or are they all pretty much the same?
 
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Thanks, SchizTech.
I had a question in regards to buying on Amazon. Is it generally pretty safe to buy from other dealers through Amazon or not? For instance some HDDs are being offered by dealers on Amazon for a fair bit cheaper than Amazon, Newegg, Etc are offering them. Should I be suspicious?
For instance, there is the sopwb hks: http://www.amazon.com/gp/aag/main/ref=olp_merch_name_5?ie=UTF8&asin=B005T3GRNW&isAmazonFulfilled=0&seller=AONY1LDNEYAOM who are offering things quite cheap, but they apparently just launched, so there are no reviews yet, but is buying from such third parties through Amazon quite okay in general?
 
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