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[MEGATHREAD] Personal Computer - Updated builds thanks to Logical Increments
devildogelite:
--- Quote from: Tokthree on May 25, 2013, 07:48:35 AM ---SSD's are supposed to last, like, 2-3x longer than HDD's on average so long as you're using them for what they're designed (caching, running your most important applications, booting) and not what a HDD is designed to be able to handle (20~gb+ write per day).
Don't know why so many people have been having their SSD's fail lately, which brand are you using?
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It was corsair. I'm gonna RMA it. I really wish I bought 2 64gb ssd's instead of a 120gb. I would rather have the caching.
MegaScientifical:
Well the drive seems to only run when it is being used, which I assume is correct. After a while of disuse, it powers down. But I can hear when it is on...
Tokthree:
Are HDD's supposed to power down when inactive?
MegaScientifical:
I assumed it was normal for it to power itself down when not in use since it was secondary and nowadays those nerds up at Microsoft and the motherboard creators down in Silicon Valley do crazy crap like that.
Legodude77:
The one bad thing about SSDs are they have a limited write amount, after you go over that limit they won't work properly anymore. (But it's really high, you may never reach it unless you constantly write to it)