SSD page file question

[citizenx13]

Greetings and salutations

I have purchased myself a nice new shiny SSD drive "OCZ Vertex 3 120GB 2.5"
and started thinking, I have read that SSD'd have a limit to the amount of times data can be written to a "block" so, to prolong life where do I put the Page file? As that area will be written to constantly my concerns are that this will reduce the life of the SSD.

Is this something to worry about? Should I put my Page file on my standard drive if so will this then defeat the purpose of the SSD? or let Windows 7 do its thing and leave it where it decides.

I hope this question makes sense, any advice/comments will be appreciated.

 

[Wucked]

Relocating the page file is one of many optional optimizations you can perform.

My home system runs Win7 x64 with 6GB RAM installed on a Crucial M4 SSD, and personally I've found that this is sufficient to disable the page file altogether with no adverse effects. But it depends how you use your computer, specifically how much memory you use. My home system is just a gaming machine so it never really uses more than about 4.5GB RAM.

 

[MooMoo444]

Keep a page file on the SSD imo but just make it smaller, 1-2GB or so imo. Supposedly a lot of programs use a pagefile even when you have lots of RAM so may as well keep it running as fast as possible.

 

[cainer]

i've a vertex 2 with 6gb of ram and page file disabled, like Wucked i just use my rig for browsing and games and ive seen no adverse effects

 

[citizenx13]

Thank you guys, to kick off I will disable it as all I will do is game, if memory serves I have 6 gig RAM myself

I will see if I have a mo to play this weekend and update if anything interesting happens

Thank you all again