Bad luck with SSDs

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lordjesus

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In the last year I have owned two SSDs, an OCZ Vector SATA III and a Samsung SSD EVO 840, both 120 GB, and they have both malfunctioned, rendering my PC useless until they were replaced.

Both times I used them for Windows 8 and for speed critical applications (3D and CAD software), and they each lasted approx. 6 months.

Is this really the expected life of an SSD with the OS on? Or have I just been unlucky two times now?

Right now I have to figure out whether I should try yet again with an SSD for my Windows 8 (which needs to be installed from scratch again) or if I should 'play it safe' and go for a good old HDD which I haven't had nearly as much trouble with, despite having owned many more HDDs than SSDs.
 
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The loss of one would be bad luck, but 2? Something is not right with your hardware.

What mobo and PSU do you have?
What GPU?
What other drives?

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My PC is custom built:

Mobo: Gigabyte 1155 Z77M-D3H
RAM: 2x8 GB G Skill CL10s
PSU: Can't remember, something about 750W. The PC is in the shop now, so I can't check
GPU: Gigabyte GTX 760 2GB DDR5
SSD: Samsung EVO 840 120 GB
HDD 1: Seagate Barracuda 2TB
HDD 2: Old 500 GB from my previous computer, used for backing up files from old PC to new and still sits in.

All these components are only 1 year old (the GPU and SSD is only 6 months old - from the last crash) and bought from the same computer shop which is troubleshooting my PC right now. With the exception of the old 500 GB hard drive. Which, come to think of it, is not working very well. It is taking an awful long time to spin up and to access - I might be better off removing it completely?
 
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With the exception of the old 500 GB hard drive. Which, come to think of it, is not working very well. It is taking an awful long time to spin up and to access - I might be better off removing it completely?
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Long access times for HDDs are not a good sign. It could be corrupted files but it could also be a failing drive. In either case I would not trust it as a backup drive until it has been thoroughly tested and slow access problems have been resolved.

If it is a WD HDD, I would run WD Data Lifeguard Diag.: http://support.wdc.com/product/download.asp?groupid=612&sid=3 (Ignore the pictured HDD model)

If it is a Seagate HDD, then run Seatools for Windows on the drive: http://www.seagate.com/support/downloads/item/seatools-win-master/

When you find out, please post the make and model of your PSU, also the age?

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lordjesus

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I am actually not using the old HDD for anything, it was only used to transfer files from my old PC to the new one, so I can remove it since I am not using it.

The PSU was bought a year ago.
 
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Yes, remove the flakey HDD.

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lordjesus

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Well, it turns out that the SSD wasn't broken after all, even though that was what the repair shop told me initially (and gave me an offer to replace the harddisk and install a new Windows for $400...). But after I convinced them to have a technician look at it (and driving it from the shop to their technicians workshop myself... after two days on their shelf), they found that it was a BIOS error and updating the BIOS solved my problems.

So I didn't have to replace the SSD and reinstall Windows which is a great win. So for now, my faith in SSDs has been restored.

And I removed the old 500 GB HDD which I didn't use, just to make sure.
 
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