Which SSD for MP  1.1

Hi all, Hope you can advise me! I'm contemplating purchasing a SSD hard Drive to use as my system (O/S) boot drive. I'm running Snow Leopard !0.6.6. I think I have narrowed the choice down to the following two drives:-
The OCZ Technology 120GB Vertex 2 Series SATA-300 3.5" Solid State Drive (OCZSSD3-2VTX120G)
http://www.dabs.com/products/ocz-technology-120gb-vertex-2-series-sata-300-3-5-- solid-state-drive--oczssd3-2vtx120g--75J6.html?refs=4294948431
or
The Mercury Extreme™ Pro SSD 120GB
SATA 3.0Gb/s Solid-State Drive
http://eshop.macsales.com/item/Other%20World%20Computing/SSDMX120/
With the bracket required for the later and cost of delivery from the US factored in, the difference in price is roughly £20 ($32), The Mercury Extreme being the dearest based on today's exchange rate.
If you have experience or knowledge of either of these SSD's, I would appreciate your valued opinions regarding them.
Regards Denis

I use 3 Intel SSD in my 2008 Mac Pro.
I think the most important things to consider are:
1) match the speed with your other device media. You can have overkill which does not pay off. The intel 120 X25M reads at 250M/sec plus and writes at 105M/sec This matches up well with any other internal or external device. I don't raid so that would be a different story.
2) Intel don't lose speed in time as the drive fills up
3) highly reliable SSD
4) the SSD 80 is good but its write speed is only 80M/sec
5) if you use the two on board empty sata connectors on the mother board you can place two of them in the optical area and still leave your DVD burner there since its ATA.
6) If you want a nice inexpensive tray for that optical then look at the Nexstar SE dual 2.5 inch 5.25 tray. Easy to install in the optical and holds either one or two SSD or 2.5 inch sata drives. You also get a nice blue light within the Mac Pro when the drives are connected to it. Cost is $17.00
7) Also I do run SSD using bay number two. I did not buy any bracket or holder for it. I just use a plastic lock strap, just enough to hold it up but not enough pressure to disorient the SSD. Easy to do and cost is $1.59

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