What is the best solid state drive for 2009 fall MacBook

what is the best solid state drive to upgrade a 2009 fall Macbook. also is 128 Gb enough?

I think 128 GB's is too small (SSD's are still too expensive for me).....I do not know what the best SSD is.....here is what I am about to do for my MacBook 4,1 (early 2008).....
for a hard drive....
http://eshop.macsales.com/item/Seagate/ST95005620AS/
and for additional RAM.....
http://eshop.macsales.com/item/Other World Computing/5300DDR2S6GP/
....to get ready for Lion (10.7)...not exactly what you asked

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