Samsung 840 evo questions

[Skykingpk]

Hey all!
A couple weeks back i got an ssd (samsung 840 evo 250gb). I installed 80 gb worth of games but kept my os on my old hardrive. i late decided to move my os to the ssd by cloning the drive. That did not work out so i ended up just fully reinstalling windows on my pc to move windows to the ssd. Because of all of that happening and the fact that i have reinstalled many of my games onto my ssd. Samsung's ssd monitoring software says ive already written 770gb worth of bytes on to my ssd. It was only recently that i found out that ssds are not as durable as i thought they were and that they have limited numbers of writes before they die out. I really want to maximize the lifespan of my ssd so I have a few questions regarding what i should do in order to maximize the lifespan of my ssd. Firstly if i dont install any more games onto the drive and only play the games that are already on the drive will it still wear out the drive? Secondly does booting up my computer wear out my ssd because i usually turn off my computer whenever i am not using it and that amounts to about 4 or 5 boot ups a day. And finally are there any other steps i can take to keep my investment in an ssd lasting long into the future? Any help would be appreciated.

 

[Guest]

Short version - Write cycles are quite considerably large. Certain tests have been done multiple times that show even consumer grade drives such as the EVO can sustain many terabytes of writes before impending doom.

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Long version - You have complete freedom to install as many games as you like on that drive, it's very unlikely that you'd ever burn it out during your ownership. Reading current titles won't write much data to the drive, so neither booting nor playing current games will wear it out.

I'm mildly suspicious that Samsung's software maybe wrong, if you've only put a few games on it and the OS twice, even if it isn't it's nothing to worry about.

If you want to, the Magician software does have a feature built in allowing you to optimise the drive for performance or longevity. The latter option may make it slightly slower.

The most likely instance is that you forgot to disable Hibernation and optimise the Page File, the software can also do this for you, or you can Google how to do it manually. It will not only claw back space from your SSD, but also cut down on that writing.

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This sticky provides more information:
http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/forum/id-2099368/ssd-endurance-real-world-matter.html

 

[Skykingpk]

Short version - Write cycles are quite considerably large. Certain tests have been done multiple times that show even consumer grade drives such as the EVO can sustain many terabytes of writes before impending doom.

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Long version - You have complete freedom to install as many games as you like on that drive, it's very unlikely that you'd ever burn it out during your ownership. Reading current titles won't write much data to the drive, so neither booting nor playing current games will wear it out.

I'm mildly suspicious that Samsung's software maybe wrong, if you've only put a few games on it and the OS twice, even if it isn't it's nothing to worry about.

If you want to, the Magician software does have a feature built in allowing you to optimise the drive for performance or longevity. The latter option may make it slightly slower.

The most likely instance is that you forgot to disable Hibernation and optimise the Page File, the software can also do this for you, or you can Google how to do it manually. It will not only claw back space from your SSD, but also cut down on that writing.

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This sticky provides more information:
http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/forum/id-2099368/ssd-endurance-real-world-matter.html

Thanks for the reply and putting my fears to bed. It is much appreciated!