[SOLVED] replace 8 year old SSD, which is still working well, as preventive measure?

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I installed Samsung 830 SSD for my parents' computer - they are quite heavy web surfers - back in Jan 2013 with the 3rd gen Intel i5. I am upgrading their computer right now and wondering if I should buy them a new SSD as well as preventive measure, for 7 or 8 years of use. The SSD has no issues right now and 256 GB is just right capacity for them. CDI info below. Not sure how much TBW the 830 SSD would endure - there is no published TBW number anywhere.

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OS : Windows 10 Professional [10.0 Build 19042] (x64)
Date : 2021/02/05 12:52:56

-- Controller Map ----------------------------------------------------------
+ Intel(R) 300 Series Chipset Family SATA AHCI Controller [ATA]
- SAMSUNG SSD 830 Series
- Generic software component
- Microsoft Storage Spaces Controller [SCSI]

-- Disk List ---------------------------------------------------------------
(01) SAMSUNG SSD 830 Series : 256.0 GB [0/0/0, pd1] - sg

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(01) SAMSUNG SSD 830 Series
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Model : SAMSUNG SSD 830 Series
Firmware : CXM03B1Q
Serial Number : S0Z4NEACA00124
Disk Size : 256.0 GB (8.4/137.4/256.0/----)
Buffer Size : Unknown
Queue Depth : 32
# of Sectors : 500118192
Rotation Rate : ---- (SSD)
Interface : Serial ATA
Major Version : ACS-2
Minor Version : ACS-2 Revision 2
Transfer Mode : SATA/600 | SATA/600
Power On Hours : 16960 hours
Power On Count : 5462 count
Host Writes : 14257 GB
Wear Level Count : 238
Temperature : 33 C (91 F)
Health Status : Good (93 %)
Features : S.M.A.R.T., NCQ, TRIM
APM Level : ----
AAM Level : ----
Drive Letter : C:

-- S.M.A.R.T. --------------------------------------------------------------
ID Cur Wor Thr RawValues(6) Attribute Name
05 100 100 _10 000000000000 Reallocated Sector Count
09 _96 _96 __0 000000004240 Power-on Hours
0C _94 _94 __0 000000001556 Power-on Count
B1 _93 _93 __0 0000000000EE Wear Leveling Count
B3 100 100 _10 000000000000 Used Reserved Block Count (Total)
B5 100 100 _10 000000000000 Program Fail Count (Total)
B6 100 100 _10 000000000000 Erase Fail Count (Total)
B7 100 100 _10 000000000000 Runtime Bad Block (Total)
BB 100 100 __0 000000000000 Uncorrectable Error Count
BE _67 _44 __0 000000000021 Airflow Temperature
C3 200 200 __0 000000000000 ECC Error Rate
C7 253 253 __0 000000000000 CRC Error Count
EB _99 _99 __0 0000000000D5 POR Recovery Count
F1 _99 _99 __0 0006F638F94A Total LBAs Written

-- IDENTIFY_DEVICE ---------------------------------------------------------
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
000: 0040 3FFF C837 0010 0000 0000 003F 0000 0000 0000
010: 5330 5A34 4E45 4143 4130 3031 3234 2020 2020 2020
020: 0000 0000 0000 4358 4D30 3342 3151 5341 4D53 554E
030: 4720 5353 4420 3833 3020 5365 7269 6573 2020 2020
040: 2020 2020 2020 2020 2020 2020 2020 8010 4000 2F00
050: 4000 0200 0200 0007 3FFF 0010 003F FC10 00FB 0110
060: FFFF 0FFF 0000 0007 0003 0078 0078 0078 0078 0E00
070: 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 001F 050E 0006 004C 004C
080: 03FC 0031 746B 7D01 4163 7469 BC01 4163 407F 0003
090: 0010 0000 FFFE 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000
100: 32B0 1DCF 0000 0000 0000 0008 4000 0000 5002 5380
110: 4358 4D30 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 4018
120: 4018 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0029 0000
130: 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000
140: 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000
150: 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000
160: 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0001
170: 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000
180: 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000
190: 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000
200: 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000
210: 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0001 0000 0000
220: 0000 0000 103F 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000
230: 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0400 0000 0000 0000 0000
240: 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000
250: 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 30A5

-- SMART_READ_DATA ---------------------------------------------------------
+0 +1 +2 +3 +4 +5 +6 +7 +8 +9 +A +B +C +D +E +F
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1E0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
1F0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 38

-- SMART_READ_THRESHOLD ----------------------------------------------------
+0 +1 +2 +3 +4 +5 +6 +7 +8 +9 +A +B +C +D +E +F
000: 01 00 05 0A 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 09 00
010: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 0C 00 00 00 00 00
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030: 00 00 B3 0A 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 B5 0A
040: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 B6 0A 00 00 00 00
050: 00 00 00 00 00 00 B7 0A 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
060: 00 00 BB 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 BE 00
070: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 C3 00 00 00 00 00
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090: 00 00 EB 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 F1 00
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190: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
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1E0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
1F0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 4E
 
Solution
My 2x 840 EVO are almost that old. Nov Dec 2014.
Still running just like new.

"Host Writes : 14257 GB "
Tested endurance of these things has far exceeded the published warranty numbers.
My 2x 840 EVO are almost that old. Nov Dec 2014.
Still running just like new.

"Host Writes : 14257 GB "
Tested endurance of these things has far exceeded the published warranty numbers.
 
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