[SOLVED] Moving pagefile from M.2 to SSD

[nagz06]

I've got a 32gb ram, may OS drive is an M.2 Samsung Evo 970 250Gb, I also got 1TB WD Green SSD for game storage.

Is it better to move the pagefile from my M.2 (OS drive) to 1TB WD Green SSD? Will there be performance issues etc? Thanks!

 

[USAFRet]

Leave it where it is. With 32GB RAM, it is rarely accessed anyway.

 

[nagz06]

Leave it where it is. With 32GB RAM, it is rarely accessed anyway.

Will it affect the lifespan of the m.2 drive because of the read/writes cycles?

 

[USAFRet]

Will it affect the lifespan of the m.2 drive because of the read/writes cycles?

Not in any meaningful way.
The TBW of current drives is soooo large, in regular consumer use, you would not see that number for many many years.

 

[SkyNetRising]

The TBW of current drives is soooo large, in regular consumer use, you would not see that number for many many years.

Yeah. I thought that too ... until my 970 evo died (got locked and no writing possible anymore).
This happened only after 7.5TBW (should be 300TBW).

And can't return the damn thing either, because can't sanitize/secure erase locked drive and it's full with personal info.

 

[USAFRet]

Yeah. I thought that too ... until my 970 evo died (got locked and no writing possible anymore).
This happened only after 7.5TBW (should be 300TBW).

And can't return the damn thing either, because can't sanitize/secure erase locked drive and it's full with personal info.

But still, only 7.5.
One of my Sandisks died suddenly. No access at all...read, write, whatever. No idea why.
But it was also far far short of that TBW warranty number.
And 33 days past the 3 year warranty. Sandisk gave me a new one anyway.

Just like any other electronics, they may die. But generally not from exceeding its write cycles.