I had a couple of OCZ drives. They were pretty flaky and unreliable. The Intel X25–M drives were really the first production ready consumer drives that I ever used. I still have one going to this day 13 years later. My Intel hardware in general has been as bulletproof as hardware gets. I actually believe Intel is underrated and underappreciated. Their quality assurance while not perfect, is the best. My current system is 100% Intel and Samsung.