Max number of writes of this SSD

[nanaki333]

I can't find it in the specs, online, Google, etc. Anybody know how many max writes you can make to the below drive? The one I have now I've just been using for Steam and other games. I want to get a second and raid them for more storage, but don't want to if I only get like 2TB of writes and I'm at I think 400GB according to HD Tune. I'm just gonna get dual Sammy 840 500GB otherwise.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820226254

 

[birthdaymonkey]

I'm sure you will get several hundred TB of writes with that drive. The NAND is likely rated for 3000 cycles, which means you can write to each of those 480GB 3000 times before you reach its expected lifespan. Of course, this assumes no write amplification, which is not realistic, but most modern controllers (SF 2 is among the better for this) are very close to 1.

EDIT: Someone tested a Corsair Force 3 120GB (which has the same controller and the same type of NAND as yours) at the xtremesystems forums. It got to over 1000TB before it died, and it is a much smaller drive. You might realistically expect your 480GB Chronos to endure three to four times as much.

 

[nanaki333]

EDIT: Someone tested a Corsair Force 3 120GB (which has the same controller and the same type of NAND as yours) at the xtremesystems forums. It got to over 1000TB before it died, and it is a much smaller drive. You might realistically expect your 480GB Chronos to endure three to four times as much.

wow thanks! didn't even occur to me to look for drives with the same controller to google for. thanks for the info! no reason to get 2 brand new drives.

 

[nanaki333]

now i get to find a 6Gb raid card to use! there's a $99 highpoint one, but it's literally half the IOPs. it has the same sequential rates as onboard intel raid though. i guess if it's just loading game levels, it may be fine, as that would be more of sequential.

lsi makes a $300 card that actually gets better throughput than onboard intel. screw that price though.