raymac46 2,831 Posted January 29 Share Posted January 29 (edited) How full would you let an SSD get before worrying about it? I have a 480 GB SSD, system drive partition with 430GB and it has about 350 GB in use right now. I don't save photos or data on it - just programs and some games. It seems to be OK and if I buy a new SSD it won't be a better performer as my old desktop only supports SATA3 - no NVME. Edited January 29 by raymac46 Link to post Share on other sites
securitybreach 11,432 Posted January 29 Share Posted January 29 I don't worry until I get to 80% and then I just buy more drives. It doesn't matter what kind of drive it is Link to post Share on other sites
securitybreach 11,432 Posted January 29 Share Posted January 29 It doesn't matter if your SSD is 100% full, it is going to act the same as a spinning drive does. Link to post Share on other sites
raymac46 2,831 Posted January 29 Author Share Posted January 29 I'll keep an eye on things, thanks. It's hard to add a lot of additional drives because I only have 2 SATA3 ports in my old desktop. Rather than buy more SSDs I'd rather put the money into a new system that supports NVME. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
abarbarian 3,458 Posted January 29 Share Posted January 29 Cheap and cheerful and certainly fast enough for storage and even light gaming. Depends on the game though. StarTech 1 Port eSATA + 1 Port SATA PCI SATA Controller Card plus ADATA SU630 240GB 3D-NAND SATA 2.5 Inch Internal SSD You could probably find stuff even cheaper or better stuff for the same price. Depends on your motherboard and available slots. I run my nvme of a PCI-Express add-on card that cost less than £20 and it has worked just fine foe five years. Link to post Share on other sites
zlim 1,250 Posted February 1 Share Posted February 1 I asked Fred Langa a similar question in 2019. I didn't own, and still don't own, any ssd drives so I didn't ask about them. https://langa.com/index.php/2018/10/19/a-reader-asks-how-much-open-space-does-a-drive-really-need/ 1 Link to post Share on other sites
securitybreach 11,432 Posted February 1 Share Posted February 1 Yeah, that depends on the partition type's requirements and how low the system requirements are. I know windows will not let you log in if you fill up a drive but linux will (I've filled up / before due to a drive not being mounted). Link to post Share on other sites
raymac46 2,831 Posted February 11 Author Share Posted February 11 I got a good deal on an ADATA SU800 1TB drive so I picked one up. It's now in place and working well. I have another 500 GB of capacity. I had to clone the old drive, install the new one, reset the BIOS and reconfigure the boot order but all is well now. 2 Link to post Share on other sites
securitybreach 11,432 Posted February 11 Share Posted February 11 Excellent Link to post Share on other sites
raymac46 2,831 Posted February 11 Author Share Posted February 11 This is the dektop my wife uses all the time. She freaks out if there's the slightest glitch, or it isn't blazing fast. It took a while but everything is OK now and I do have the extra capacity. I'll probably use the old SSD in an external drive enclosure for backups. Link to post Share on other sites
raymac46 2,831 Posted February 24 Author Share Posted February 24 After a couple of weeks I am still doing OK with the new ADATA 1 TB drive. Not a big difference in performance but it is nice to have the extra capacity and not worry about over filling the SSD. Link to post Share on other sites
securitybreach 11,432 Posted February 24 Share Posted February 24 3 hours ago, raymac46 said: After a couple of weeks I am still doing OK with the new ADATA 1 TB drive. Not a big difference in performance but it is nice to have the extra capacity and not worry about over filling the SSD. Nice. SSDs really improve the performance. Link to post Share on other sites
goretsky 1,174 Posted February 28 Share Posted February 28 Hello, My rule is about is about two-thirds to three-quarters full depending upon how write-intensive the use is for the drive. Because it is still a new technology relative to conventional hard disk drives, SSDs can fail in unpredictable ways so it is a good idea to ensure any valuable data you have stored on them is backed up elsewhere (hard disk drives, etc.). Regards, Aryeh Goretsky 1 Link to post Share on other sites
raymac46 2,831 Posted February 28 Author Share Posted February 28 Thank you, Aryeh. I was at over 80% on my older 480GB SSD and now with the 1 TB drive I am around 38% of capacity. This feels much more comforting. I wouldn't get anything less than 1 TB today given the pricing. I keep only the O/S and games on the SSD. My data files are on an HDD (1TB.) Even with all my photos I still have plenty of capacity and I've got backups of everything on another 1 TB HDD. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites
securitybreach 11,432 Posted February 28 Share Posted February 28 I do the same. My OS is on a nvme drive and my storage is on various spinning drives. I could never afford 26tb in SSDs 1 Link to post Share on other sites
raymac46 2,831 Posted February 28 Author Share Posted February 28 (edited) Yes I think if I was upgrading the mobo etc. I would go for a 2 TB NVME and that would be fine for some time. I don't store a lot of movies or large video files as I am mostly a still photographer. Edited February 28 by raymac46 Link to post Share on other sites
securitybreach 11,432 Posted February 28 Share Posted February 28 Well 1tb nvme is more than enough for the OS. I do put the steam libraries on the nvme so that games can benefit from the speeds. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
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