Let me point this out to anyone that doubts SSD reliability: the 3 year-old stigma that they will all burn out and die within a couple of years use has been thoroughly shat on by modern versions of the technology. Any brand-new SSD on the market today will last you a lifetime. The limited read/write bullshit is so incredibly over-inflated as an issue, it's ridiculous. I've had mine for well on a year now and it's "health" as measured by the monitoring tool that came with it has only dipped to 99%. Every disk drive I've owned in a computer has gone to hell within 3 years, most in 2.
That said, your manufacturer of choice is an extreme factor in whether or not an SSD is going to do you any good. Stay the hell away from anything made by OCZ. I've bought two of their SSD's in the past and both of them ran on the worst firmware ever conceived by man. Completely unusable trash. Intel and Samsung know their shit, as you'll find all over the internet.