Will Using Your SSD For Games Reduce Its Lifespan?

[Stryker041]

Hello, ive read that using your ssd for the o.s. and your hdd for games is the best way, as using your ssd for games will deteriorate it quickly because of all the read/write data. Is this true? Or is it safe to use my ssd for games?

 

[smorizio]

most games only write once when you install them. then is just small saves as you play. with a ssd there talking about people that download music and movies and files then delete them the same day. ssd have a set amount of writes. but if used like a normal drive it take 15 years for most newer ssd to wear out.

 

[Stryker041]

most games only write once when you install them. then is just small saves as you play. with a ssd there talking about people that download music and movies and files then delete them the same day. ssd have a set amount of writes. but if used like a normal drive it take 15 years for most newer ssd to wear out.

what about big open world games that constantly load textures from the drive during gameplay? will that wear out the ssd?

 

[USAFRet]

Hello, ive read that using your ssd for the o.s. and your hdd for games is the best way, as using your ssd for games will deteriorate it quickly because of all the read/write data. Is this true? Or is it safe to use my ssd for games?

No it won't.
In any normal consumer use, an SSD will become obsolete due to small size long before it 'dies' due to too many writes.

People say "SSD for OS and HDD for games", simply due to the size.
Given a 120GB SSD (typical a couple of years ago) would get you OS and about one or two games.

With sufficient size..install what you want on it.
Use your SSD. Do not fret over too many write cycles.

 

[Sakkura]

most games only write once when you install them. then is just small saves as you play. with a ssd there talking about people that download music and movies and files then delete them the same day. ssd have a set amount of writes. but if used like a normal drive it take 15 years for most newer ssd to wear out.

what about big open world games that constantly load textures from the drive during gameplay? will that wear out the ssd?

Loading doesn't matter, as it's only writes that cause wear on SSDs. I've had games on my OS SSD since 2012, and it's still got around 95% of its rated write endurance left. And SSDs can usually go well beyond what they're rated for.

 

[PsyKhiqZero]

Put it this way, I use one of the first 64GB SSD's for my OS. The OS reads, writes and rewrites as programs are run, installed and updated. It's 6 years old and still going strong. Don't worry about. You'll likely replace the SSD before it dies.

 

[demoth]

The above is correct for old generation SSDs. I've WoWed and MMOed on a first gen 64 GB SSDs for years and it has been going strong- no issues at all. However, if you are referring to a M.2 NVMe, I know the Samsung Pro gets pretty hot and no one knows the future for current market high end tech. I can say the Pro M.2 NVMe from a Evo is like floppy disks to CDs in many MMO loads.

 

[Stryker041]

Hello, thank you for the answers you guys gave it is nice to know my ssd wont croak by using it to play games