ssd life

ozaudio · 26 Oct 2011 at 13:28

if / when i buy an M4 ssd drive , if i install just windows onto it and allow everything else , saved onto my spare harddrive , how long should they expect to last? windows and + 1 or 2 games in the most ill have on it.

they sound good

DragonQ · 26 Oct 2011 at 15:04

A modern SSD used as a normal OS/applications drive should last much longer than the average HDD does. Years, easily.

FatFishMonster · 26 Oct 2011 at 17:01

yes it should be years as there is no mechanical parts to fail. its really just a block of chips with a bit of current and barley any heat.

there will also be no "click of death" or anything like that, wich are problems with some mechanical drives

Hyburnate · 26 Oct 2011 at 17:07

I thougth SSDs had maximum times read/write?

R088ieS86 · 26 Oct 2011 at 17:15

According to SSDLife: http://ssd-life.com/

My drive is used for windows and antivirus only:

ozaudio · 26 Oct 2011 at 17:16

^^^^ my thoughts aswell

weird_dave · 26 Oct 2011 at 21:21

R088ieS86 said:
According to SSDLife:

Intel 80GB

Work time 15168 hours (1 year 8 months 27 days)

Powered on 86 times

Data written,GB 2892.8

Health 98%

Estimated lifetime (8 years 3 months 2 days)
TEC date January 25, 2020

I've got everything except games, temp and storage on it

Atom · 26 Oct 2011 at 21:26

M4 64gb should be good for 32tb before cells start failing if my memory serves me right. 128gb is double.

Orcvader · 26 Oct 2011 at 21:44

Apparantly there's 8 years and 5 days left for my M4 64gb, and that's with pagefiling on. More than enough years to last me until my next upgrade

MikeHiow · 26 Oct 2011 at 23:21

Heh, my 128GB C300:

Work time: 5996 hours (8 months 9 days 20 hours)
Powered on: 44 times
Health: 97%
Estimated lifetime: 8 years 6 months 9 days
(T.E.C. date - May 01, 2020)

bedazzled · 27 Oct 2011 at 14:40

Corsair performance 3 drives not supported