SSD page file question

[Bump321]

I've just bought a Samsung 850 pro 512gb version and I'm worried about sticking my page file on it. I've currently got it on an older hdd though I'd prefer it on the ssd if it's "safe" usage wise I don't know a great deal about how much and how often the page filing is used and how that'll affect the total writes on the drive.
Afaik the total writes allowed before warranty is void = 300TBW or 10 year

The PC is mainly used for gaming so after initial installs I don't do a lot of writes

Thank you

 

[snowctrl]

It is normal to let Windows use your OS SSD as it woulld an OS HD... you don't need to worry about your page file wearing out the drive

 

[dudeman509]

The SSD will outlast the rest of the computer, even with heavy page file usage. Small reads/writes are what SSDs excel at, so leave the page file on it.

 

[nukemaster]

I would not worry about it. A 512gig drive has quite a bit of flash.

You could limit the page file size if you are worried. I am sure my 256 gigabyte SSD in my game system has maybe 20 write cycles in about 3 years.

I have 62 wear level(out of some 2000. The drive lists as being at 2% of its lifetime used) on my 128gigabyte SSD in 3.3 years of 24/7 operation and at least 15 of those are from software that was very aggressive with writes.

APC PowerChute business was writing every 20(moved that to a hard drive just because it was way too much for my liking) min for a while un-noticed and I have a game server that floods the event viewer with lots of errors(still seeing how many writes this causes) because it is an early access developer build or something).

I would not surprised if lots of web browsing is not more write intensive than the page file.

Now you CAN move the page file/search index and even event logs to a hard drive if you are worried, but the page file does a fair bit of reading and the hard drive would slow that down.

You may also place your web browser and its cache onto a ramdrive that saves on shutdown(to the hard drive or SSD) to reduce writes.

 

[Bump321]

Alright thank you for the replies I went with the pro version because it was rated for double the writes so judging by the current information given I'll just leave everything turned on. I'm not asking it to last the entire 10year I'd be happy with 2-3 since total system rebuilds are usually in that timeframe for myself.

Thanks

 

[snowctrl]

Alright thank you for the replies I went with the pro version because it was rated for double the writes so judging by the current information given I'll just leave everything turned on. I'm not asking it to last the entire 10year I'd be happy with 2-3 since total system rebuilds are usually in that timeframe for myself.

Thanks

No worries

The Pro series are some of the very best SSDs available