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October 9, 2014 6:10:18 PM

Hi,
I got an ssd today, its been working great and is an amazing improvement so far compared to the 3 year old hdd i had on my main drive.
I've been researching into what needs to be done to use it in a safe way and in a way that it will not wear itself too quickly. There is a lot of information available, and a lot of it is outdated since this technology has been upgraded a lot in the last years, and often, relying on old information many articles actually contradict themselves.

Here are my computer's specs: i5-370k, 32gb ram, gtx 780ti 3gb, Samsung SSD 840 EVO 1TB & a 1TB regular seagate hdd.

I want to do some recording and some video editing on the SSD. Its 1TB large, so quite big, I'm not editing gigantic files, most files would be 30gb raw to 3-4gb compressed (lets say maximum 5 times a day, but thats a high estimation). Typically I would delete or store both files on the secondary hdd after recording/editing/compressing.
The following link states that they tested this 1TB SDD model to last about 60 years under heavy use. http://www.anandtech.com/show/7173/samsung-ssd-840-evo-...
And this following link states that the more ram you have the more it will extend the lifespan of your SSD. http://lifehacker.com/add-more-memory-to-extend-the-lif...

Considering this information and what my typical usage is, would you advise me not to do the recording/editing/compressing through the SSD but rather through the HDD? Or is this short lifespan thing a myth from the old days of SSD?

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October 9, 2014 6:30:05 PM

Thank you.
I've seen this article actually during my research. The math is kind of hard for me to get into though.
You're saying "hundreds of GB per day every day". So what if my usage was, say, 100 gb a day, 36k gb a year (probably not but i'd like to know the margin), how long approximately would it last according to recent tests?
And what what happens when it starts wearing out, you lose the data ?

thanks for your time
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October 9, 2014 6:36:33 PM

AspV said:
Thank you.
I've seen this article actually during my research. The math is kind of hard for me to get into though.
You're saying "hundreds of GB per day every day". So what if my usage was, say, 100 gb a day, 36k gb a year (probably not but i'd like to know the margin), how long approximately would it last according to recent tests?
And what what happens when it starts wearing out, you lose the data ?

thanks for your time


From those stress tests with current consumer grade SSD's, 100 GB per day, every day, would be 15 years or so before it started to fail. Now...we can't predict for each individual drive, but given that use, it will easily outlast the PC it lives in.

Are you planning to use that drive until 2030? Doubtful...:) 
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October 9, 2014 6:46:04 PM

Thanks boss!
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October 9, 2014 6:48:22 PM

AspV said:
Thanks boss!


Just don't let it get too full. That's what kills SSD's.
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