Adding more RAM will increase an SSDs lifespan

[loepa]

Ram Prices actually keep on getting more expensive in my country is one of the reason I'm not getting more ram. Does this also happens in other country?

[qwertywarrior]

Did you bother to read the article?

It says it improves lifespan of SSD's by reducing the write cycles to the SSD.

that would only happen if u take up the whole ram and have page files enabled

everyone who has an SSD knows that it should be turned off

[A/C]

OR you can just disable caching to your SSD, you might get a performance hit but a decent amount of ram should fix the problem.

 

I did this the day i got my SSD

 

I just moved the page file to my hdd. and let windows manage it there

 

 

This too

[Lavi]

Based off of two data points. They even didn't test what a lot of people have, 8 gigs.

 

In terms of science projects this is a C-

[Elbstrand]

Guys you could just turn off your page file and have a even better effect, also with increased system responsiveness.

 

I would keep around 1GB for crash dumps. Windows tends to show weird behavior in case of bluescreens without a pagefile, atleast sometimes.

[IPCharger]

[Chevaishr]

apparently downloading more ram reduces the life of your entire pc ... it basically dies right after downloading 

[3DDude]

Not to brag... I've got 64GB..

currently while surfing, i use 3.1GB..

 

I'm thinking about selling 4* 8GB..

however making a ramdisk is also cool.. but still its volatile so reboot and data is gone...

[Elbstrand]

Not to brag... I've got 64GB..

currently while surfing, i use 3.1GB..

 

I'm thinking about selling 4* 8GB..

however making a ramdisk is also cool.. but still its volatile so reboot and data is gone...

 

How much is your windows using for cache?

[Fetzie]

Did you bother to read the article?

It says it improves lifespan of SSD's by reducing the write cycles to the SSD.

 

And you only get the write cycles to the SSD when you run out of RAM. I've had two WoW clients, Diablo 3, Firefox, radio streaming and various other applications and never had more than 4-5 GB in use. If all you do is play games, you will never need to page to storage if you have 8 GB of RAM or more, making the article irrelevant.

[Elbstrand]

 

The ram in use by programs isn't the only thing you need to account. Windows actually does a decent job with caching.

[TheProfosist]

I would keep around 1GB for crash dumps. Windows tends to show weird behavior in case of bluescreens without a pagefile, atleast sometimes.

 

Havent I havnt ever had a problem with full disabling the page file except when I run out of ram which is usually my fault more than anything.

 

 

 

And you only get the write cycles to the SSD when you run out of RAM. I've had two WoW clients, Diablo 3, Firefox, radio streaming and various other applications and never had more than 4-5 GB in use. If all you do is play games, you will never need to page to storage if you have 8 GB of RAM or more, making the article irrelevant.

 

Wrong windows does write much more to the page file when you run out of ram but even when you have plenty to spare it still uses it for stuff it deems non priority or as a background application. This is why is you have enough ram is best to just disable it for best responsiveness.

[Elbstrand]

Havent I havnt ever had a problem with full disabling the page file except when I run out of ram which is usually my fault more than anything.

 

Well it needs some pagefile for kernel dumps when a crash occurs. (I think)

[TheProfosist]

Well it needs some pagefile for kernel dumps when a crash occurs. (I think)

 

who needs dumps? :P and it can still do a small dump some how. O and in the early days of the SSD and netbooks it was quite common to disable sometimes with only 2gb of ram in the case of the netbooks. This is because you cant do anywhere near enough on netbook to use it up unless you try really. Note: This was also back when most netbooks ran WinXP.

[samuel]

I watch a lot of Youtube 1080p videos. Does anyone know whether the video is buffered into memory or local ssd cache? Google Chrome is my browser.

[delet my acc pls]

there is no way this is real

how is adding more ram

increase SSD performance this makes no sense

has to be fake

*Facepalm* read the article

PS i wanted to call you dipshit but that would be way to mean

[qwertywarrior]

*Facepalm* read the article

PS i wanted to call you dipshit but that would be way to mean

touche

[delet my acc pls]

touche

what does touche mean

[Elbstrand]

what does touche mean

 

Touché Touché (French pronunciation: ​[tu'ʃe]): the French word for "touched" is used to acknowledge a hit, called out by the fencer who is hit. Conversely, if a fencer concedes a hit when no hit was actually made, the fencer's adversary would say, "'pas de touche'" (French pronunciation: ​[pɑ də tuʃ]; English: no touch) to indicate that the hit should not be counted.^[5]

[delet my acc pls]

Touché

Touché (French pronunciation: ​[tu'ʃe]): the French word for "touched" is used to acknowledge a hit, called out by the fencer who is hit. Conversely, if a fencer concedes a hit when no hit was actually made, the fencer's adversary would say, "'pas de touche'" (French pronunciation: ​[pɑ də tuʃ]; English: no touch) to indicate that the hit should not be counted.^[5]

well that was a bit more specific than i thought it would be

[mgsstar]

Don't really care this since because I am not a heavy user on the SSD. Just place all my big files on my HDD. :)

[Deus Ragno]

So I guess I can make this excuse now when people ask why I have 64 gigs of RAM.

[RobV]

64gb? Na that's still overkill, if you have a ram disk that would be pretty sweet though. That's the excuse I use for my 32gbs anyway.

*EDIT* after noticing your listed set up, that was referring to if and/or when you install 64gb of ram. I guess I'm the guilty one in those regards.

[3DDude]

How much is your windows using for cache?

 

7.3GB

 

almost no page-ing as you can see.

OS is the win8.1 developer preview

 

Oh I also made a ramdisk, thats fast..

but still its volatile memory so if the power goes off ... bye bye data

[WildTurtle]

Time to get 256GB of ECC Memory, and then find a OS that supports all of. Why Linux must you be so terrifying.