Streaming Services: Slowing down SSDs?

[-BigMac-]

Hi guys.

I was wondering if streaming services like Spotify etc, which continually download and replace data on the SSD, whether that is healthy for the life of an SSD?

I thought deleting and creating new fiels are bad for SSDs in general

 

[yjchua95]

Hi guys.

I was wondering if streaming services like Spotify etc, which continually download and replace data on the SSD, whether that is healthy for the life of an SSD?

I thought deleting and creating new fiels are bad for SSDs in general

It's not.

SSDs last really long. They'll last longer than your computer.

http://techreport.com/review/27909/the-ssd-endurance-experiment-theyre-all-dead

Look at how long they all lasted (their write values).

PS hello there fellow Melburnian!

 

[glenthompson]

Hi guys.

I was wondering if streaming services like Spotify etc, which continually download and replace data on the SSD, whether that is healthy for the life of an SSD?

I thought deleting and creating new fiels are bad for SSDs in general

I've had my Samsung 840 Pro installed for 2 years and S.M.A.R.T is showing that it has about 110 years of life left. I would call my usage light to moderate. If you pound it hard you might only get 20 to 30 years out of it.