Question What TBW do I need on my SSD?

[Ineverhadausername]

I'm kinda obsessed about reinstalling many things...

I like to re-install Windows really often and I'm really into modding games. I also just have many games that are quite big that I have to download multiple times because doing disk formats. Sometimes I do backups of my modded game root folders multiple times per day when they weight around 20GB or more. Maybe I don't re-install whole system constantly
and it's not like every day I'm installing Windows again or doing multiple giant backups but it does happen rather often, yeah. Let's assume that I would re-install Windows like 5 times per year and have a few-day modding session for one game once per 2-3 months. My PC would be turned on majority of the day. I would like the SSD to last 5 years as absolute minimum.
What TBW value would you tell me to look for?

 

[Gam3r01]

Its hard to tie an exact number to what you are looking for, but you would probably want a drive like a Samsung 860 EVO, they have a massively high endurance rating, and a 5 year warranty.

 

[USAFRet]

What SSD are you considering?
Most consumer grade non-crappy SSD's will survive for years, at a rate of 100-200-300GB every single day, for years.

TBW is not really a thing you need to worry about, unless you buy a crappy 3rd rate 120GB drive.

For instance, a current Samsung 860 EVO 500 GB is warranted out to 300TBW or 5 years.

SSD Product Warranty | Support | Samsung Semiconductor Global

Samsung ensures the best quality in all products and services beyond customer expectations. Warranty policy, conditions for Samsung Consumer and Portable SSD.

www.samsung.com

300TBW = 300GB, every day, for 1,000 days (~3 years).

Let me repeat that....300GB, every single day, for 3 years.

Unless you are really really trying, you won't write 300GB every day.

And most non-crappy drives will last far longer than the warranty number.

 

[popatim]

Remember, TBW is writes. Reads are unlimited!!
I still have my very first SSD and it's been used everyday for 8 years, 24/7 in an HTPC.

 

[USAFRet]

Remember, TBW is writes. Reads are unlimited!!
I still have my very first SSD and it's been used everyday for 8 years, 24/7 in an HTPC.

In my current main system, there are 7 SSD, some going back 5 years.
Total, 38.5 TBW.
EDIT: 55TBW (still trivial)

IN my HTPC, the two in there are over 7 years old, 24/7, and no issues.

 

[jsmithepa]

Stick with the big guys, Samsung, Crucial, Sandisk, Intel, and don't obsess about it.