Is this a good SSD for my mid 2009 13 inch MacBook Pro?

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/BNIB-SANDISK-120GB-2-5-ULTRA-SATA-II-SOLID-STATE-DRIVE -120GB-SATA-3GB-s-SSD-/120820305054?pt=UK_Computing_HardDrives_RL&hash=item1c217 38c9e#ht_3905wt_1013
It's a Sandisk 120GB Sata II SSD with read and write speeds of 280 and 270 MB/s respectively.
I don't know if anyone knows of anything better for price per GB thats Sata II or III with decent read and write speeds? I need it to be at least 100GB really.

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Just wanted to make sure that this will be compatible with my mid 2009 macbook pro 13 inch.
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http://www.amazon.com/Intel-SERIES-2-5-Inch-Reseller-SSDSC2BW480A4K5/dp/B00GV7V6 EA
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Helmet20 wrote:
If I bought a 1TB hard drive disk would it work in my computer
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I have an update!
I made an appointment with a local Apple Genius Bar and talked to a technian. He said it was neither the RAM nor the Hard Drive at fault.
His only thoughts were that a software issue was the root cause. I have been doing some serious investigating this morning and figured it out. Viewing system.log in Console shows:
SMS::infiniteIntTimerEventHandler ERROR: we have infinite interrupts, disabling
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Edit:
In reply to some questions posted by other members (thank you by the way).
I did install EFI 1.7 update. I did not use the Migration assistance. At some point I will do a fresh install then pick and choose parts from a backup rather than using a full Time Machine Restore. This could still have been the root cause of the issue, but it is hard to tell.
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