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flash memory in general is only rated for so many reads and writes over it's lifetime. You don't have to worry about performance degradation really unless you are writing hundreds of GB's of files per day. The intel IIRC, is rated for 20 years or so with normal usage. If you figure you will most likely replace the drive within 2 years, you need not worry at all. In 2 years SSD prices will have come way down in price per GB. Especially with Trim, which is supposed to improve performance up to 40% and also completely erase all blocks written to the SSD that isn't removed the first time around. Windows 7 will automatically TRIM, but you can download the intel toolbox that I posted, just look for "Download Intel SSD Toolbox Here:" in this section. You can run TRIM manually with it, and schedule it to run when at a certain time on a daily basis. The reason you will have to get it from me is that intel temporarily removed the download from their website and nobody is sure when they will repost it.
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Originally Posted by zaa730 ...and I'm a really happer camper. I've installed the newest firmware that was released a few days ago and check with crystal disk. I have a few questions. 1) How do I know if trim is working correctly? Everything I seee so far seems to indicate it is. Win 7 ultimate + SSD to newest firmware and crystal disk says it is activated. 2.) What is this over hyper thing about performance degragation over time with an SSD? Especially when it is close to being full? After being format and with a win 7 install I have about 65gb free. Are you telling me when I only have like 5-10gb free it will be slow? Even with trim? Could someone shed light on this whole SSD performance Issue please. |
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