Samsung 860 Evo vs 860 Pro write life

[graberweg]

For the past several months I've been hanging onto this old 2 TB SATA mechanical hard drive that I'm finally ready to let go of and switch to an SSD. It's primary use will just be as a secondary drive to hold photos and video. What I'm stuck on is the Samsung 860 Evo 2TB has a rated write life of 1200 TBW for about $279 which sounds ok to me pricewise. The Samsung 860 Pro 2TB however is rated at 2400 TBW but costs $469(!!!). Is the extra money even worth buying a 860 Pro or would the average user not come close to the end of write life for a 1200 TBW drive? My current boot drive is a Sabrent Rocket NVMe 4.0 with a write life of 3600 TBW and costs less 860 pro but I'm hesitating buying a second NVMe drive because it would sit directly beneath my graphics card which is blowing heat 12 to 15 hours a day because I'm running Folding @ Home almost everyday of the week. I guess my ultimate question is, how much TBW write life is considered to be too little versus overkill? I just have my NVMe drive as a reference point to compare to and I don't swap out my computer hardware very often so I intend to install the SSD and leave it there for the foreseeable future (next 5 to 8 years?).

[Deli]

The actual write life is way higher than what the spec states, like 2X or 3X higher. Unless you write crazy amount of GB every day. For most users, it's of zero concern you can wear out a 2TB drive in 10 years.