[SOLVED] Questions About SSDs

[xxxbabyxxx]

Hello,

I've never actually used SSDs before and I've been used to the hard drive process where usually after long use the drive get slower, I had to defrag it, I avoided installing things on the drive that I want my games not to lag in etc.

These are my Specs:

CPU: Intel Core i7-10700 (Comet Lake-S, Q0) 2900 MHz (29.00x100.0) @ 4587 MHz (46.00x99.7)
Motherboard: GIGABYTE H410M S2H
BIOS: F3, 08/28/2020
Chipset: Intel H410 (Comet Lake PCH-V)
Memory: 32768 MBytes @ 1196 MHz, 17-17-17-39
- 16384 MB PC19200 DDR4 SDRAM - Kingston KHX3200C16D4/16GX
- 16384 MB PC19200 DDR4 SDRAM - Kingston KHX3200C16D4/16GX
Graphics: Zotac RTX 3070 - NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070, 8191 MB GDDR6 SDRAM
Drive: Patriot P210 1TB, 1000.2 GB, Serial ATA 6Gb/s @ 6Gb/s
Drive: KINGSTON SA2000M81000G, 976.8 GB, NVMe
Drive (External USB 3.0): WDC WD20NMVW-11EDZS7, 1953.5 GB, Serial ATA 3Gb/s @ 3Gb/s <-> USB
Drive (External USB 3.0): ST1000LM024 HN-M101MBB, 976.8 GB, Serial ATA 3Gb/s @ 3Gb/s <-> USB
OS: Microsoft Windows 10 Professional (x64) Build 18363.1198 (1909/November 2019 Update)

I was told that I don't need to defrag SSDs anymore, but what about things such as Shadowplay? I have shadowplay saving on the same drive where my Games are, (big 100GB+ Games too), usually with shadowplay folder I end up often having to delete and save hundreds of 10GB+ files over and over, will that be impacting my SSD/Game performance on the long run?
Should I split Shadowplay to Local C?
Should I never defrag even with heavy 10GB saving and deleting over the time?

These are my drivers (The first 2 are SSD):

 

[Lutfij]

Yeah, you don't defragment SSD's unless you want them to prematurely die. I think you're fine, just use the app for each SSD to tell you how much health the drive has or how much data has been written to it and how much data has been read from it. The MTBF on the drives should be stated with how much TB can be written before it goes kaput.

 

[xxxbabyxxx]

What about where I should Install my games and shadowplay and if constantly saving & deleting big videos will be slowing the SSD or the games on the SSD?

 

[USAFRet]

What about where I should Install my games and shadowplay and if constantly saving & deleting big videos will be slowing the SSD or the games on the SSD?

It does not really matter.

It is HIGHLY unlikely you would "wear out" a current consumer level SSD anytime in the next decade.
(as long as you don't buy 3rd rate junk drives)

Just don't fill it up past 75-80%.

 

[xxxbabyxxx]

Thank you! one last question can I know somehow if my SSD is DRAM-less or not?

I'm sure that this SSD got DRAM from reviews/posts everywhere Drive: KINGSTON SA2000M81000G, 976.8 GB, NVMe
But I'm not sure about this one Drive: Patriot P210 1TB, 1000.2 GB, Serial ATA 6Gb/s @ 6Gb/s

Because I've got my games installed on the Patriot P210!