solid state drive

[JUSTPLAY]

does it have sense to install ms office on ssd?i don't want to shorten lifespan of ssd so can I installoffice on ssd,but save files on hdd?if yes how can I configure it? thanks in advance

 

[Eximo]

I doubt office will run any faster off an SSD, mostly runs in active memory. Office will save the files wherever you tell it. If you are talking about temp files and autosaves those tend to be saved wherever the file that was opened is at. For new files it is likely creating temps and autosaves in your documents folder under your user profile. You might be able to reconfigure that.

All that said, a decent SSD should last 5 or more years, I wouldn't worry about it. Newer drives have trim and wear leveling to prevent excessive writes to the same bits.

 

[Rogue Leader]

Yeah it makes sense you should install frequently used programs on your SSD. It won't shorten the lifespan.

When you save your files just point to a folder on your HDD. Also in my computer if you right click on "My Documents" and choose properties you can make that point to a folder on your other drive instead of your ssd.

 

[geofelt]

Under heavy desktop usage, you will not run out of updates, particularly if you are using a ssd larger than 120gb.
You are looking in excess of 10 years at very heavy usage.
By then the device will be long obsolete.

Unless you are storing large sequential files such as videos where the price per gb is important, just buy a sufficiently large ssd and put everything on it and enjoy.

 

[photonboy]

It's impossible to wear out an SSD with the amount of writes MS Office would do.

Absolutely, do install it to an SSD.

*Your saved documents are where you STORE them anyway. Often in the "Documents" folder but you can choose. So to be clear, if you have both an HDD and SSD the optimal setup usually is THIS:

SSD-> Windows, applications, office and similar files

HDD-> backup image of SSD, videos, games (some games on SSD can make sense too like Skyrim with frequent load points)

**I would suggest ensuring you have a suitable BACKUP plan. What happens if any one of your drives suddenly fail. Do you have a plan for that?

I use Acronis True Image to have automated backups weekly (incremental, with auto deletion of older backups). I even have some folders copied from SSD to HDD on a daily basis using Syncbackse Free.

 

[USAFRet]

Shortened lifespan of current consumer grade SSD's is a concept that needs to go away.
In regular use, write cycles on that drive will probably outlive you. It will be obsolete due to size long before it 'dies'.

SSD endurance:
http://techreport.com/review/26058/the-ssd-endurance-experiment-data-retention-after-600tb

Having an SSD but not using an SSD is simply a waste of money.