SSD writing too much daily basis...Advice?

[Reaper_7799]

Okay so my samsung 850 250 gb ssd is writing too much. For instance last night it jumped from .75 to .81 tb. So I have my anti virus on the ssd so I should move that to my hdd right? Also, I have a few mod programs for gta v and skyrim...that I think I installed on my ssd cause I wasn't thinking about it at the time. Will those load up somewhere temporary on my ssd drive, even if I have the games and the mod files on my hdd but the program is running off the ssd and it's causing writes or does it only write when I first install any mods?

Also for rendering...if I have sony vegas on my ssd but all files and output files are on the hdd, it will still move them temporarily to my ssd for the render and then move them back to my hdd after, causing more writes?

What should I keep on my ssd besides os and basic stuff and a couple games I want to utilize the speed for?

 

[USAFRet]

How long have you had it, and how many total TB writes does it have?

 

[Reaper_7799]

Total of .81...I just got this two weeks ago max.

 

[Reaper_7799]

I have all of my downloads set to go to hdd, all pics, vids, games are on the hdd except for gta v. I have anti virus and anti spyware and my game clients like steam and all of those on my ssd but game folders are pointed to my hdd, should I move the clients to hdd too? Browsers are on my ssd...ccleaner is on my ssd and my recycle bin so if I delete something from my hdd does it move to my ssd in a write and then get deleted?

The only thing major I did last night was install a few mods for skyrim, nowhere near 60 gb worth though.....but they are on the hdd, only the mod manager is on the ssd so maybe I should move it to the hdd or will it only do that on the initial install?

 

[USAFRet]

From what I can see, you have nothing to worry about. Leave the Steam etc clients where they are.

2 weeks into using a new SSD, and yes, it may look like you are using a lot of writes. But that is normal when you're setting things up initially. That level of writes to the drive will slow down in a week or two, as you finish all your initial set up stuff.

My main SSD drive, 120GB Kingston, has ~12TB total writes in approx 3 years. I've done nothing to prevent write cycles, apart from redirecting the downloads, dos, etc, to the HDDs. And that was primarily a space saving move, rather than write prevention on the SSD.

Check it again in a couple of months. See what the writes are then.

 

[Reaper_7799]

Okay, thanks. I figured I would be writing a lot for the first month or so getting everything set up properly but that 60 gb write in one night kinda threw a loop cause I only installed 2GB max yesterday. I just moved my norton to hdd and I'll just keep an eye on it. Appreciate it.