PC build thread

[samsonlonghair]

You know what keeps me out of the SSD market? The inherently finite number of writes. Has this problem been alleviated yet?

[marurun]

You know what keeps me out of the SSD market? The inherently finite number of writes. Has this problem been alleviated yet?

The argument could be made that the write limit of current SSDs will carry most drives out further than the mechanical components of traditional hard drives are likely to last.

[isiolia]

I think the projected MTBF on a lot of mechanical HDDs (at least ones that provide them) would suggest they're expected to last longer...but at the same time, I doubt you'd find many IT offices without stacks of failed HDDs in them.

SSDs, as I understand, largely make this less and less of an issue as they get larger. Each cell has limited write cycles, so they rotate through them (part of why you want to keep a decent amount of free space on one, also for best performance).

Even the less-durable memory in the Samsung EVO series (and others now) should last longer than most people would be relying on the drive. Anandtech did some math on it when the 840 EVO came out, since people were concerned. Under normal, even heavy-ish use, the projected life based on write cycles was easily long enough for most people (15+ years for a 250GB drive, and that's under constant use). That's for the less-durable type of NAND to boot.

It's not really any different than anything else using flash memory. Your memory cards, built-in storage on a Wii/Wii U, cell phones and tablets, and so on all rely on flash memory that won't last forever. At least an SSD in your PC is easily replaceable, if you happen to still be using it in a decade or three.

[marurun]

Talking about what it takes to kill an SSD...

Here's the results of an 18 month experiment to do just that with consumer level drives.

http://techreport.com/review/27909/the- ... e-all-dead

[Hobie-wan]

Talking about what it takes to kill an SSD...

Here's the results of an 18 month experiment to do just that with consumer level drives.

http://techreport.com/review/27909/the- ... e-all-dead

That was pretty interesting. I just read all of the installments.

[ZenErik]

I've been upgrading a bit.

Now my specs are:
i7-4790k
GTX 980
16 GB RAM

[noiseredux]

I've been upgrading a bit.

Now my specs are:
i7-4790k
GTX 980
16 GB RAM

nice dood!

I'm planning a few upgrades too, but probably not until around May or so. I've done quite a few in recent months - the GTX 970, ASRock Z97, i5 4690k, Samsung EVO 850... I want to jump my 8GB to 16 as well.

I'm also planning a few upgrades for my wife, but I don't want to start those until I get her a nice new case first.

[Ziggy]

Talking about what it takes to kill an SSD...

Here's the results of an 18 month experiment to do just that with consumer level drives.

http://techreport.com/review/27909/the- ... e-all-dead

That was pretty interesting. I just read all of the installments.

That's a good read. I actually feel better about using a SSD now.

[fastbilly1]

I am probably going to do an SSD upgrade this year, and upgrade the whole box next year. Trying to get a decade off my gaming PC.

Edit:
Thanks to Noise an SSD is in the mail to me. I will get that decade out of this machine, and be able to make a beast of one next year.

[marurun]

Who is doing SSD only and who is doing SSD + traditional HD?