Should I let windows turn off my SSD when not in use?

[imnotagamer007]

I'm referring to the 'turn off hard disk after x minutes' setting in power options. Also, is turning off the hard disk the same as putting a computer to sleep?

 

[giantbucket]

windows is smart enough to know that SSD don't have that option on them, so it'll ignore it for SSD. but it will apply it to normal hard drives (as long as they don't have their own firmware which overrides it)

 

[imnotagamer007]

windows is smart enough to know that SSD don't have that option on them, so it'll ignore it for SSD. but it will apply it to normal hard drives (as long as they don't have their own firmware which overrides it)

Are you saying windows cannot turn off ssd's?

 

[giantbucket]

SSDs take very little power and there's no motor to turn off, so... windows will ignore your setting when it comes to an SSD. even when a normal HDD is "turned off", the cache is awake so if your machine needs a file that happens to be in the HDD's cache, the drive/motor stays off and it just feeds the cached file.

 

[imnotagamer007]

SSDs take very little power and there's no motor to turn off, so... windows will ignore your setting when it comes to an SSD. even when a normal HDD is "turned off", the cache is awake so if your machine needs a file that happens to be in the HDD's cache, the drive/motor stays off and it just feeds the cached file.

What about sleep mode? Should I disable that or keep it enabled?

 

[giantbucket]

to be honest, i don't bother futzing with the settings to that level of detail. i just toggle between "high performance" and "power saver" modes from the control panel's power options. i leave the minutiae alone.

 

[imnotagamer007]

to be honest, i don't bother futzing with the settings to that level of detail. i just toggle between "high performance" and "power saver" modes from the control panel's power options. i leave the minutiae alone.

I understand. But the reason I am futzing over it is because lately my computer has had trouble awakening from sleep. I think I fixed it by adding another power cable to my psu instead of using the splitter but that for another thread.