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Yeah, mostly flash based sata SSD's.

I've had a few normal consumer ones fail on me by a few different major brands. Usually in less than a year. Literally every one I've owned in less than 3 years. Well, not consider the ones I've bought recently that are less than a year or two old. They're supposedly getting better though, so I'm hoping I won't have as bad of luck in the future.

Maybe a geek power users isn't considered normal use though. I probably use my computer more than double the time most people do. And I don't just use a browser. I'm constantly compiling and such.