How to make your SSD last longer

No virtual memory? Crazy!

Just make backups. If you really want more life - overprovision.

But make regular backups and don't worry about stupid stuff.

PS. the flash used in modern TLC drives only have 700 program+erase cycles...
 
Remember, reading from the SSD does not count as wear, only writing to the SSD!

I've seen calculations that SSDs should last at least 10 years even for relatively heavy home PC usage and up to 100 years with light usage! Their algorithms are programmed to randomly spread out the written data to avoid only certain memory cells getting over used.

Your SSD drive management software should indicate "drive health" and tell you total GB's written so far. Keep an eye on this every few months and see if it is growing too rapidly. That may indicate an errant windows process chewing up write cycles.
 
Gaz{M} said:
Remember, reading from the SSD does not count as wear, only writing to the SSD!

I've seen calculations that SSDs should last at least 10 years even for relatively heavy home PC usage and up to 100 years with light usage! Their algorithms are programmed to randomly spread out the written data to avoid only certain memory cells getting over used.

Your SSD drive management software should indicate "drive health" and tell you total GB's written so far. Keep an eye on this every few months and see if it is growing too rapidly. That may indicate an errant windows process chewing up write cycles.
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If your hard drive doesn't have "management software", is there a reliable 3rd party program that can do the same? Have been using mine for like 5 years now, so I'm getting curious.
 
Thor187 said:
So when is a page file not needed?
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When you know you won't run out of RAM. Technically it is needed for Windows error reporting when it crashes, as it does a memory dump to the page file, but rarely needed, if ever (unless something's borked on your PC).

I have a page file set anyway, to a different drive, but it's never needed.
 
Ho3n3r said:
When you know you won't run out of RAM. Technically it is needed for Windows error reporting when it crashes, as it does a memory dump to the page file, but rarely needed, if ever (unless something's borked on your PC).

I have a page file set anyway, to a different drive, but it's never needed.
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I am confident I will not run out of memory.

So I can delete my page file?
 
I've been slapping my 2TB 850 Evo for nearly a year with heavy loads and its still running alone fine.
 
Thor187 said:
I am confident I will not run out of memory.

So I can delete my page file?
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It won't make a difference then anyway, since it doesn't get used (except for the scenario I mentioned - memory dump - which is why I keep it activated on a normal HDD, never know when it becomes useful).
 
Thor187 said:
I am confident I will not run out of memory.

So I can delete my page file?
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Some applications do require a page file, even if you have plenty of ram to spare. Windows is not designed to go without a page file.
 
RaptorSA said:
Here's a better idea: Don't f**k with any of your settings.
Your SSD will be just fine and if it isn't it was just a dud...

Consumer SSDs benchmarked to death—and last far longer than rated
http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2015...rked-to-death-and-last-far-longer-than-rated/

The SSD Endurance Experiment: They're all dead
http://techreport.com/review/27909/the-ssd-endurance-experiment-theyre-all-dead
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Yea, absolute worst case I will write 1TB a month. That still gives me 60 years. And if it dies - it's not like you lose data.
 
P924 said:
Some applications do require a page file, even if you have plenty of ram to spare. Windows is not designed to go without a page file.
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I've had my page file totally switched to off before, nothing went wrong. I guess this is just 1 or 2 specific applications which are full of crap?
 
Ho3n3r said:
I've had my page file totally switched to off before, nothing went wrong. I guess this is just 1 or 2 specific applications which are full of crap?
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Yup. Very few applications would run out of memory while there was more than enough still free.
 
P924 said:
Yup. Very few applications would run out of memory while there was more than enough still free.
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Oh, wait. I think some Adobe applications need it, like After Effects or Photoshop. I vaguely remember when installing CS4 or CS5 a few years ago saying I can't install it because it requires a page file.
 
Ho3n3r said:
Oh, wait. I think some Adobe applications need it, like After Effects or Photoshop. I vaguely remember when installing CS4 or CS5 a few years ago saying I can't install it because it requires a page file.
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Scratch discs and such. There's no reason to disable paging anymore.
 
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