Should i replace my 1Tb HDD for a new sata 3 SSD?

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Walkmanfan2204

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Hey guys, i have a gaming laptop the GS73VR, slim and lightweight so upgrade choice is limited, im not good at hdd,ssd and storage stuff so and want to ask a few things. Should i replace the HDD with a 1 TB Sata 3 SSD? I also known that SSD have a limited write time so if i write data on the new ssd frequently does it reduce the life span of my SSD?
 
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The concept of 'limited writes' for the SSD is of no real concern. Current consumer grade SSD's will long outlive the laptop.

Yes, you should change to the SSD.
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DR_Luke

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Moving to the SSD is a good idea to improve the performance of your system. However, be sure to have a solid backup routine. SSDs fail and can be much more complicated and expensive to recover from, if recoverable at all.
 
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aquielisunari

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Then it's our responsibility as those answering a question to let them know. Hmmm. Let's make you the OP. You ask about the write times and the lack of information. I would direct your attention to this http://techreport.com/review/27909/the-ssd-endurance-experiment-theyre-all-dead There are some answer-less and odd questions. Do we make the OP feel as though they asked a stupid question or do we educate them?

 
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aquielisunari

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Absolutely YES!. And your laptop should thank you for it. The SSD will respond so much quicker than the stock 5400RAM storage drive. They have that M.2 SSD speed demon under the motherboard and then tossed in a simple storage drive. WIth games exceeding 50GB 256GB is not a big enough drive. Okay, they included a HDD so the user can install more games. THEY didn't say that. The problem now becomes a matter of read and write times. The 5400 could easily cause micro-stutters in recent high end AAA titles do to how slow it is. An SSD would certainly help.

As far as writing and reading and lifespan is concerned http://techreport.com/review/27909/the-ssd-endurance-experiment-theyre-all-deadshould help you out. That doesn't mean you should abuse your SSD in any way. Defragment it? No. Optimize it? Windows knows what its doing. Check the box in drive properties which says Allow files on this drive to have contents indexed in addition to file properties?

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When a platter based HDD is in play, indexing makes file access more efficient and faster. With a SSD the information is simply there. 100% digital. Pizza delivery is instantaneous. Indexing doesn't help. What about Superfetch? Pretch? They can both be disabled. Those features were instituted because of HDD limitations. WIth SSD drives installed those limitations are already moot.
 
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No matter what type of drive, you should always have a backup routine in place.
 
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