I note about the Deathstars, their infamy was earned when IBM owned their production, later sold out to Hitachi after they ruined their reputation. Also, Maximum PC has the 7K Ultra in their best of best list. This drive has enterprise class performance specs.
My theory is that drive life is a direct function of operating temperature, can anyone back that up?
Also, which SSD did you decide to use?
I am about embark on a new build similiar to yours. Keep me posted.
KVS