How many of them are 80 GB or larger?

The more transistors you have in the package, the higher the likelihood of failure.

Fron what I've read, the genuine Intel SSDs seem to be the most reliable. But of course the last time I looked into it was four months ago, so by now everything is probably different. Just like with hard drives, this week Seagate is junk, last week it was Maxtor, and next week who knows.

tanstaafl.