Cyphonism t1_iuhy8xv wrote on October 31, 2022 at 1:57 PM Reply to comment by ironshadowy in Would a HDD be beneficial for storing games. Would booting games from a HDD only use my processor? Read desc for more by ironshadowy 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. Permalink Parent 1
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Reply to comment by ironshadowy in Would a HDD be beneficial for storing games. Would booting games from a HDD only use my processor? Read desc for more by ironshadowy
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.