SSD question (lifetime)

[Brokkensteel]

good night guys.
for my build i have been tinking about getting a samsung 840EVO 250GB but ive been reading some stuff and the main critic it gets its about his lifespan.
i still dont exactly understand it but i dont want to toss my SSD to the trash in the next 4/5 years thats for sure. Then Crucial M500 250GB seems to have a longer life than samsung.. can someone please explain me this? and which one should i choose? It will be mainly for my OS and one or another game (witcher 3 for sure😀)

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

http://ssdendurancetest.com/ssd-endurance-test-report/Samsung-840-EVO-120

 

[SchizTech]

Well I wouldn't dwell too much on projected lifespan concerns. At ordinary loads an SSD should last years. If you're not doing anything exceptional that is demanding of the SSD/HDD it should last a while.

FWIW I recall a study mentioned on one blog (ZDNET?) which found SSDs outperformed their expected lifespans in demanding stress tests (that greatly accelerate the wear).

 

[geofelt]

Endurance is not an issue.
Any desktop user doing heavy updates to a modern ssd will not have a problem. The ssd will be long obsolete before it runs out of updates. Think 10-15 years.
A commercial server environment may be different. The pro versions have longer endurance.
Even then t will still be readable then so it could be cloned to a replacement.
The 850 evo is warranted for 5 years.

A ssd will last longer if it is larger so that the updates can be spread out over more nand chips.
If you approach 90% full, it is time to go to a larger ssd.

 

[endeavour37a]

Everything wares out, getting 4-5 years out of an SSD depends on use. The 840EVO is a good solid drive and I would not hesitate recommending one to anyone. The M500 has been replaced with the MX100 and soon the MX200.

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

http://techreport.com/review/27436/the-ssd-endurance-experiment-two-freaking-petabytes