On Tue, Sep 4, 2018 at 11:01 PM Todd Chester <toddandma...@zoho.com> wrote:
> On 09/03/2018 04:48 AM, Richard Shaw wrote: > > I'm planning on upgrading my computer to a Ryzen 5 later this year. I > > think what I'm going to do since I'm upgrading to a M.2 SSD at the same > > time is: > > 1) Buy a Samsung NVMe SSD drive. I have gone through hell trying > to replace everyone one with Samsung at my own expense. > Especially stay away from Intel. I took it in the shorts > over that one. Cost me a few thousand dollars of free > parts and labor to remove all of them. All but the very > oldest ones that work perfectly. > I've done enough research to know to stay away from Intel SSDs :) I'm looking at at WD Black right now: https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820250098 > 2) size you drive such that it will have 1/2 of its capacity open. This > is because there is a computer on the drive you don't know about > that is constantly moving data around so that no one spot gets > over used. It is called "wear leveling". And it work well only > if your drive is 1/2 or more empty. > I'd like to do this but I'm upgrading from a 256MB SSD because I'm running out of space. Is there something magical about 50% of the space or as long as you leave SOME does it help? > 3) make sure you have proper air circulation across it. They get hot > and heat is your enemy. > It's a full tower with the P/S fan and a 120mm exhaust fan so it moves a good bit of air. > I have a Samsung 960 NVMe drive in my office computer. Only holy > molly it is fast! Fedora 28 takes 7 seconds to boot up after I > enter the password prompt. The 960 has been replaced with the 970. > My current Mushkin SATA III drive boots pretty quick but not that quick :) Thanks, Richard
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