Paranoid PC User

juggawest · December 2, 2016

I recently watched old footage of Linus' I believe 1st server SSD and running 24/7 breaks down and degrade quicker than normal home usage, I have Bitcoin miners originally running off a I believe a 5400RPM HDD but died and is currently using the SSD for bfgminer which I believe is a DOS Shell running the 3 USB 2GH and 1 USB 300MH, miners off a crappy powered hub. I also if you could see my youtube history you'll notice playlists of LTT from current last I saw the other day was in 2012 hence the video that got this started, before growing up with tvs being on all night to help me sleep I can't sleep in a totally quiet room, if you remembered you had a sleep timer up to 90 minutes or so. So I sleep with a playlist, anything not with a like checked off I was either asleep or out the room. I have a set of Razer Adaro Bluetooth headphones that if they fall of they are safely on the floor or above my head somewhere. While that is running in Brave browser (NCIX stated bitcoin payment, I believed to be earning) because on Windows 7 Flash in IE 11 is buggy as heck unless you have it disabled and it's a red warning and then it loads but 720p max On 1 screen, the other has Perk points are accumulating silently you login set the vid to low res (they load faster) and lower the volume, all for an Amazon card. While I'm playing Bluestacks games or Hangouts with mom.

So all these were running on the SSD, the main drive also when you download any file whether a pic sent from my kid or you downloading app updates on ITunes, for most like my pictures and videos it's usually from the SSD to a WD Green 3TB drive if it could not go through the download manager to the drive directly.

ITunes was installed on a Samsung (unknown RPM) 500GB HDD so do the app updates go to the first drive as a temp file copied to the other or straight to where ITunes is located, avoiding the SSD altogether and the download manager does the file go to the SSD, is it saved in RAM, or the destination drive directly.

I want to wait until tax time to get an Intel 750 series 1TB PCI drive, but if it's an SSD will it break down the same way or faster because it's a super fast card, or slower because it's a different less indestructible technology? I don't see the life cycle like I do with SSDs.

If I got a hybrid drive for a replacement on this SSD, do they show up as 2 different drives or 1 and could that be put in Raid 0 where if the SSD dies first the other is still active and can be backed up to a new hybrid drive put that into Raid 0 and use the remaining of the last as storage probably as a new setup.(I think I heard of an app that tells you the lifespan of the drive possibly left.)

Velvet Revolver · December 2, 2016

A suggestion would be to format your posts into something pleasing to the eye as most will skip your post.

Place it into a story line, beginning, middle and end. I tried looking for your question at hand. Scanning your post I couldnt find a clear question you asked. I intially was going to skip over your post because of the formating. But I figured I'd help you if you wish to take it.

But I too sleep with slight background noise, that being my fan.

Notice how my post is setup, paragraphs dealing with certain sections.

LogicalDrm · December 2, 2016

TL;DR Are faster SSDs more prone to break than slower ones?

No. Every single electronic part will break at some point. Thats a fact. With SSDs they have certain rated number of rewrite cycles. You acknowledge that fact when you get the drive. Just because they are faster doesn't mean that they would break any faster. It means that they will produce more heat, which is seen as heatsinks on PCIe cards.

Also you've watched some early SSD review. Technology has advanced from those days. Its no surprise that early generations of hardware are more prone to malfunctions than newer gens.