Originally Posted by recyclebin12

That is what I meant by deterioration, not longevity wise, but performance wise. To my knowledge, TRIM is only on win7, not sure about vista but prob not.

Apparently the way they work is that once data is removed from the drive, its like it is brand new again.

True but its a little impractical to delete everything on the drive to optimize it back to fresh state.

Originally Posted by blackdragon

Apparently the way they work is that once data is removed from the drive, its like it is brand new again.

I searched "SSD Lifetime" and no site says they are usable for ever. They all state that there is a number of cycles that each flash block can undergo... I couldn't find any reliable sources though, or rather I don't know if any of the sources are reliable.

Edit: Nevermind, the "lifetime" is moot because apparently they'll get oudated before they "die" or you'll have upgraded them before that time. (http://lifehacker.com/5586733/how-to...id+state-drive) I consider LH a reliable source...

Originally Posted by jhan523

I consider LH a reliable source...

Lifehacker is basically where I go before I pick up new software, they seem to have at least one article on basically every software category imaginable...

Originally Posted by recyclebin12

True but its a little impractical to delete everything on the drive to optimize it back to fresh state.

Thats not what i mean.

Your saying it will deterorate with usage, im telling you that "usage" consists if putting files off and taking files off, correct? However, with SSD's, when you take files off, its basically "recovers" itself to how it was before you added that particular file.

Also - yeah, LH is a reliable source. So thats good, SSD's will get outdated before they die on you. I never said they will last forever, i dont think any electronic will.

please keep in mind that not every SSD has the same transfer rate, some are actually slower than a standard 7200rpm HDD . For example the intel X25-M (160gb)has a Sustained Sequential Write 100MB/s and Sustained Sequential Read of 250MB/s. A typical performance 7200rpm HDD (in this case from WD) has a Sustained Sequential Write/Read of 108MB/s. Keep in mind however that the Intel X25-M is considered pretty much the leader of all SSD's and most cheaper SSDs have slower speeds. This example costs $450 (US) for 160gb.

One advantage I havnt read is that SSDs are far more energy efficient, particularly on boot.

http://www.storagereview.com /intel_x25-m_ssd_review
http://www.wdc.com/wdproducts/librar...879-701275.pdf