NVME SSD

I have a Corsair MP510 NVME in my main rig and it is out of warranty but I have backups. It's showing 67% lifetime remaining on SMART. My mate tends to replace SSDs at 50% used and goes for Samsung. I had a dream last night to look for Samsung NVMEs so have been looking.

Do people have a specific lifetime percentage when they replace NVME drives or just run them til they fail?

I never replace any hardware (other than upgrading) until it shows definite signs of impending failure. Result is that, other than upgrades, I rarely replace anything. I'm not a big fan of buying stuff I don't need.

Good point. I've gone for a 2nd hand GTX 1650 to replace my GT 1030 which is running out of driver support for Linux. Urge to buy something quenched.

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Good point. I've gone for a 2nd hand GTX 1650 to replace my GT 1030 which is running out of driver support for Linux. Urge to buy something quenched.

thats not an upgrade of any sorts

Well it is for driver support I can now use the Open Nvidia drivers and 595xx as it is an architecture change, Pascal to Turing. It's just what I need for basic web browsing.

Looks like a big upgrade to me, not only is it generations newer but it also is a higher grade card in the range. It may not be current but it is a significant upgrade.

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Do people have a specific lifetime percentage when they replace NVME drives or just run them til they fail?

Samsung's magician software tells you Terabyte's written (TBW) and remembering that Samsung have different ranges (standard / Pro etc) you can then check the spec for how many TBW you should be looking at before worrying.

But ALWAYS back up your data. Early and often.

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I have a Corsair MP510 NVME in my main rig and it is out of warranty but I have backups. It's showing 67% lifetime remaining on SMART. My mate tends to replace SSDs at 50% used and goes for Samsung. I had a dream last night to look for Samsung NVMEs so have been looking.

Do people have a specific lifetime percentage when they replace NVME drives or just run them til they fail?

What do you do with your drives?

I have a Corsair 512GB NVMe that is 8 years old and still showed over 90% good when i replaced it for a larger drive last year.
I also had a sata Corsair that is over 9 years old, a 120GB that was 13 years old and the wear was still fine on it. It was a firmware issue. that killed it and that drive was used for storing video clips for editing, so moving a lot of data around for around 8 years.

i tend not to replace drives unless they do go belly up, I just make sure I have back ups of documents.

Replacing the storage in my Mac would be more difficult as it is soldered in. Seems to becoming the norm now in a lot of machines, certainty laptops,.

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What do you do with your drives?

i tend not to replace drives unless they do go belly up, I just make sure I have back ups of documents.

I just use them as boot drives which soon uses up the TBW counter. Having said that I have a Crucial MX200 500Gb I use as an archive from 2015 which is still showing 51% and has for years - depends on use.

I've sold the GT 1030 and the GTX 1650 is a Super version which is on its way.