Solid State Drive Upgrade

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• mekk0

  "Planned obsolescence" or lifespan of an SSD (theory):

  One cell has a lifespan of 10.000 - 100.000 writes before it dies. When it dies, it becomes read-only, so your data is safe.

  So a 250GB HDD x10.000 writes capacity can write 2.500.000 GB of data before it dies completely. When you write 10GB a day, you need 25 days to write just one of the 10.000 (to 100.000) cycles before it dies. You'll end up writing the ssd for almost 70 years (25days * 10.000 cycles / 365) before it dies. This calculation is based on the minimum lifespan of an consumer SSD.

  So in theory yes, the SSD dies one day you may be able to calculate. But expect an SSD to have a longer life than a HDD.

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  • so assuming the same use, an 512 GB SSD will last double time of a 256 GB SSD?drgs
  • in theory yes, because you have twice as much cells. the lifespan is based on how much storage you usemekk
  • No it isn't, it's based on how many writes you make.kalkal
  • Though more storage = more possible writes.kalkal

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