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iorale Jul 30, 2023

Is it worth replacing a HDD with a SSD for games with constant updates?

https://lemmynsfw.com/post/519274

Is it worth replacing a HDD with a SSD for games with constant updates? - Lemmy NSFW

So my HDD (1TB) where I kept my pc games (Battlenet, Steam, Minecraft and such) seems to be corrupt or something (CHKDSK doesn’t bring up any problem but games or launchers sometimes won’t open or load too slow until I reinstall/verify them; I already formated it but nothing changed) so I am being forced to replace it and I am tempted to buy a SSD, but before I do I have a couple of questions: -How worth it will it be in the long term? Since it’s for some games that will get updates constantly-ish (Like Overwatch, Terraria, Deep Rock Galactic, their own launchers, mods and others) I fear it dying sooner than expected (way before the expected 15 years mark). -How cheap could I go? I was thinking about a NS100 [https://www.amazon.com.mx/Lexar%C2%AE-NS100-Unidad-Estado-s%C3%B3lido/dp/B07XH57DDX], a CS900 [https://www.amazon.com.mx/PNY-CS900-Disco-interno-SSD7CS900-120-RB/dp/B07Y5VDNT9] or a WD Green [https://www.amazon.com.mx/Western-Digital-WDS100T3G0A-Disco-Interno/dp/B09JQMGHDW] (no ADATA because their SSD have failed me previously). -What brands/models are decent/acceptable if I have to keep looking for alternatives? If it’s not a good idea I’ll just get a new HDD, but I’d like to know before I decide anything.

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Red_October Aug 1, 2023

The lifetime of modern SSDs, even for frequently updated games, is comparable to an HDD. The game updates themselves will also not be a major contributor to the lifetime writes of an SSD. More than that, though, is the performance improvement. If you have been gaming on only an HDD you would not believe the improvement in performance that switching to an SSD will immediately net you. Even if the lifetime of an SSD was noticeably lesser, which I reiterate is not the case, the switch to an SSD is absolutely worth it every time.

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comic_zalgo_sans

Yep, unless you’re deliberately trashing your SSD with writes, endurance isn’t going to be an issue for most general users, including gaming. It’s no more likely to die early than any other bit of electronics.

SSDs have been a general consumer good for well over a decade now, if there was an issue we would have seen huge amounts of them dying by now from all makes/models. All that’s ever really happened is isolated bad products, and they’re usually handled, not something endemic to the tech.