Hot-Wallaby-6402 t1_iuhpm5t wrote
After reading the other comments, the ssd brand is important for the quality of memory you get and what failure rate you get. What I suggest is getting a replacement SSD by a good brand, crucial, Samsung Evo are just 2,there are other good brands these are just examples.
ironshadowy OP t1_iuhqvih wrote
I had an original samsung drive that comes with a surface pro 4. Replaced the failed drive with the exact same make/model.
kicks_your_arse t1_iuhtodq wrote
I have been running a 250 gb samsung 840 EVO for like nearly 10 years. According to magician ithas 54.7 TB written to it so far and is still classed as 'Good'.
There's nothing to worry about, you'll never wear it to the point you need to be concerned. Not without trying very hard.
ironshadowy OP t1_iuhus84 wrote
What about m.2 NvME drives?
Looking online, your drive seems to be a SATA one. Would NvME drives have a shorter life span due to their size
kicks_your_arse t1_iuhv55t wrote
Fair point, not quite sure about that. Just a comment that it was my OS drive and I always ran my favourite games from it so it got a fair bit of regular wear. I know there's definitely long term limits but I think as consumers we really shouldn't even be thinking about wear cycles and limits. Your case sounds unusual and I think you can mostly be safe in the assumption that the disk will last the life of the device.
ironshadowy OP t1_iuhvo2n wrote
Just a similar question. If i did run games off a HDD, would it effectively use the ssd less? All i want to know is if the read/ writes of the game is not going towards the ssd.
Cyphonism t1_iuhy8xv wrote
That would indeed save wear and tear on your SSD.
For general SSD use, reading from them causes virtually no wear and tear. Writing causes some wear and tear, but at a very slow rate as long as the drive is not very full. Keeping at least 10 percent free is good, more if you can spare it.
ironshadowy OP t1_iuhyhiv wrote
Ah ok. So my ssd doesnt have storage for games but even though little wear and tear is seen with games on ssds, ill mainly stick to HDDs for peace of mind. Thanks for your help, really appreciate it
pseudopad t1_iuk1nlb wrote
Life spans don't drop with capacity
ironshadowy OP t1_iuk256r wrote
I dont mean the capacity, i mean the actual size of an m.2 ssd. They are considerably smaller than SATA ssds
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