ssd decision help

dantes_kitchen · Sep 2, 2014

hi.

i plan on getting a laptop sometime this year and i also want to get an ssd for it, namely the samsung 840 evo series ssd at 240 gb's. i've read reports about it being very fast, and since it takes less energy to operate, it would serve my goals well. the problem i'm having with this decision is that i've heard that ssd's are for temporary storage only, and they have a very short lifetime.

could it be a hardware malfunction that would cause it to die so unexpectantly? or is it just faulty software and/or handling? i do my best to care for the hardware that i already have, so i don't think i would have much of a problem with ssd's with that regard. it's the ssd randomly dying that is holding up my decision atm. what do you think?

USAFRet · Sep 2, 2014

i've heard that ssd's are for temporary storage only, and they have a very short lifetime.

For current generation consumer level SSD's, that is completely false.
With early SSD's, there was an issue with too many write cycles wearing out the cells, or bad firmware. That issue no longer a concern.

A Samsung 840 will have a long and happy life. It will literally last years. Long beyond when 240GB is still a viable size.

dantes_kitchen · Sep 2, 2014

USAFRet :

thought as much. would it reqiure me to occasionally defragment it like traditional hard drives or no? also, would the firmware for it would have to be updated more frequently than its predecessor?

boosted1g · Sep 2, 2014

No you do not defrag SSD drives.

There will be occasional firmware updates, but not as frequent as old SSD drives.

dantes_kitchen · Sep 2, 2014

ok. thx for your help.

USAFRet · Sep 2, 2014

Noooo...you do not defragment a SSD drive. At all, ever. There is no need.
Firmware? Only if there is a specific issue, from that specific manufacturer.

SSD life:
These guys ran a long term SSD endurance test:
http://techreport.com/review/26058/the-ssd-endurance-experiment-data-retention-after-600tb
(it has since been updated, but I don't have that link at hand)

600TB total writes to the SSD's, and only one or two of them started to fail.
600TB. That is a buttload of writes to the drive.

In comparison, my boot drive, a Kingston HyperX3k 120GB, has had ~4.5TB total writes in just under 2 years of 24/7 use.
Extrapolate that out, if you will. 4.5TB in 2 years, vs 600TB before any fail.
This drive will, theoretically, outlive me. My grandson, when he is old and grey, could still be using this drive.

In short...SSD = short lifespan has been greatly exaggerated.

boosted1g · Sep 2, 2014

FYI: I dont use my DVD drive hardly at all so what i did is a I bought a silverstone dvd drive caddy that is a frame that allows you to mount a hard drive in the slot that your dvd drive goes in, and then I also got a usb enclosure for my dvd drive for the select few times I did need it.

This way I was able to keep my 500GB magnetic hdd for backups and storage, and only need a 120GB SSD for OS/Programs/Documents. All together the 120GB SSD + DVD caddy + External encosure for DVD was cheaper then the 240GB ssd.

boosted1g · Sep 2, 2014

Here is a link to what I got: http://www.amazon.com/Silverstone-Tek-2-5-Inch-Conversion-TS09/dp/B00AFP89G2

NOTE: there is a 12.7 and a 9.5 mm size, so you will need to find out which one your laptop uses if you chose to do this.

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