Will leaving an SSD running 24/7 decrease it's performance/reliability?

[TechCIDLC]

I just bought an SSD. Can I leave the computer running 24/7? Or is it better to use Sleep Mode?

Thanks.

 

[Lucias OKeefe]

It's best to physically turn your computer off when it's not in use most of all. If you have an SSD you no longer have the excuse of long boot times.

An SSD will deteriorate much more with reading and writing than simply by remaining on stand by.

 

[leeb2013]

Are you leaving it on 24/7 because it's doing something or is it idle? What's the reason?

 

[TechCIDLC]

Are you leaving it on 24/7 because it's doing something or is it idle? What's the reason?

Most of the time idle, but since my Internet is slow (i don't live in US), sometimes I download big programs, etc. I guess Lucias OKeefe is right, since an SSD's boot time is incredibly fast, it would be better to shut it off when I'm not downloading some program.

 

[snowctrl]

To be clear - leaving the PC on, but idle, will not do any harm to or shorten the lifespan of the SSD.

However, since as has been stated above, with an SSD boot times are quick, it is probably best to turn the PC off when not in use, simply from the point of view of saving power (and therefore cash, the planet, etc).

 

[Lucias OKeefe]

In the long term you won't notice the reduced lifespan. As a rule, most of the time when a consumer product dies it's already years out of date and a replacement is worth considerably less. By the time you would need to replace your SSD it might cost the same as a HDD.

Unless you're writing, reading, and rewriting constantly on a cheaply made SSD it shouldn't feel too much stress from it's workload and will last long enough to get your money's worth.

 

[TechCIDLC]

I bought the Samsung 840 EVO, so I shouldn't be having any problems in terms of this.

Thanks all!

 

[leeb2013]

Are you leaving it on 24/7 because it's doing something or is it idle? What's the reason?

Most of the time idle, but since my Internet is slow (i don't live in US), sometimes I download big programs, etc. I guess Lucias OKeefe is right, since an SSD's boot time is incredibly fast, it would be better to shut it off when I'm not downloading some program.

Or if you let it sleep, it'll wake in 1sec anyway. If you are downloading to the hdd, it's unlikely much will be written to the sdd during that time, you could even check using some sort of disk analysis program. You literally have to read/write terabytes to ssds before they wear out.