Question Should I claim my SSD's warranty now?

[TrigoreX]

Hey guys. I have a Gigabyte M.2 PCIe SSD 128GB Model: GP-GSM2NE8128GNTD currently running on my system and is used for only Windows and some essential softwares like steam,discord etc. After continued observation of my SSD's health with Hard Disk Sentinel I have found that every 4-5 days my SSD's health decreases by 1%. I have been using this SSD for 1.5 years and only 55% health is remaining. Is this a vital issue? Should I claim for warranty? What may be the reason behind it?

 

[alceryes]

I would try to get it replaced under warranty if I experienced that with one of my drives.

 

[geofelt]

A 128gb ssd is really too small for windows.
When a small ssd starts to get filled up, the performance and endurance degrades.
I think this is normal.
I doubt that it is a defect, but you might contact Gigabyte about the issue.

You can continue using it and if/when there are insufficient writes remaining, the device can still be read and copied to a larger ssd.

I think I would pre-emptively switch to a larger ssd before you face that issue.

 

[Mr.Spock]

yes, some mfrs also set TBW thresholds on the wty as well so you should replace while there's still coverage.

you made have had extra writes with a smaller SSD due to "wear" leveling and probably fewer blocks available to TRIM.
also temp writes and zip/unzip still hit the temp: device as well as pagefile and hiberfil if you use them.

 

[mdd1963]

Samsung's 970 EVO in 500 GB was recently on sale for $59....

 

[TrigoreX]

A 128gb ssd is really too small for windows.
When a small ssd starts to get filled up, the performance and endurance degrades.
I think this is normal.
I doubt that it is a defect, but you might contact Gigabyte about the issue.

You can continue using it and if/when there are insufficient writes remaining, the device can still be read and copied to a larger ssd.

I think I would pre-emptively switch to a larger ssd before you face that issue.

i dont fill it..always 70 gigs free space