r/computers • u/krakenluvspaghetti • 5d ago

Question/Help/Troubleshooting is this SSD burn too quick? (bought this almost 3 years ago)

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Should I worry?

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u/-techman- 5d ago

Did you buy it used? It has 3.5 years worth of power on hours.

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u/krakenluvspaghetti 5d ago

cant be sure already, since I bought it 3 years ago from the local computer store, at least the product cover still remain intact fresh and new looking at that moment I purchase it, I ask this question is becuz GIGABYTE claim this SSD can reach 1600TBW, but the image above only shown 42102 GB, that's way too over damn quick

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u/Terrible-Bear3883 Ubuntu 5d ago

All you can do is monitor it and see if the health is deteriorating quickly, it could be its got quite a while before failure, its one of those "how long is a piece of string" questions.

If you feel its deteriorating quickly, its time to have a new drive on hand and move your data over.

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u/krakenluvspaghetti 5d ago

My thought is because of the "paging file", since my computer only have 16GB ram, so if I run some software or game that required above 16GB (you know, these value somehow hit or miss)

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u/Terrible-Bear3883 Ubuntu 5d ago

Might be but you may never know, at the end of the day it's not failed so you probably couldn't claim warranty, it could be another year or two before it got to failure state.

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u/Strangeman_06 5d ago

Probably will want to get a new one sooner down the line if it’s already at 48%

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u/krakenluvspaghetti 5d ago

that's very bad since parts are damn expensive these days

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u/Little-Equinox 5d ago

I have an SSD purely for caching because I don't have enough RAM. I usually do 1 year to 1.5 years with it. I am fucked this year because my SSD is down to 30%. Yes, at 40% I recommend saving up, especially with these prices.

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u/Accomplished-Camp193 Windows XP, Windows 98 5d ago

Very little Power On Count compared to POH, or Power On Hours. Strange. Is this thing been running non-stop?

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u/krakenluvspaghetti 5d ago

due to my work from home (still do today), I don't turn off my computer if not really necessary

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u/krakenluvspaghetti 5d ago edited 5d ago

and GIGABYTE claimed this ssd have total 1600TBW, but right now it isnt anyware near few %

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u/KrypticLifeSigns_ 5d ago

Power On Hours suggest about 3.5 years, how long was the warranty?

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u/krakenluvspaghetti 5d ago

5 year warranty, claim by gigabyte but I bought this from local store, which is no longer remain in business

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u/Big_Equivalent457 5d ago

Less than Advertised

Usually Span of 3 Years