Upgrade old laptop with SSD

[Keith Smith]

Thank you Stephen, Rusty, Brian, and Steve!!

What manufacturer do you recommend?




On 2016-02-29 19:28, Steve Litt wrote:
> On Mon, 29 Feb 2016 08:49:27 -0700
> Keith Smith <techlists at phpcoderusa.com> wrote:
> 
>> Initially I was thinking a small SSD since I will probably never use
>> this laptop in production... But you never know.  If these mods work
>> out I might dual boot it - Win7 / Mint 17 KDE.
>> 
>> Newegg is selling a 240G Kingston SSD for $65 which is probably way
>> more storage than I would ever need.
>> http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820721108
> 
> Right now 256GB (or 240) is the knee of the curve that gives you the
> most GB per $. I think this will change to 512GB soon. Buying on the
> knee, or just barely above it, is always a good idea.
> 
> From what I understand, SSDs that are often-written wear out much
> faster if they're more than 80% or 90% full. A good reason to go larger
> rather than smaller.
> 
>> 
>> What type of lifespan should I expect for an SSD with moderate usage?
> 
> Whatever you're expecting, your life will increase if you delete no
> longer needed files (think browser cache and old, obsolete downloads).
> About once a day, after deletions, run the fstrim command on the
> filesystem(s) mounted on the ssd. This frees up more space, which
> spreads writes over wider areas, which prevents small available places
> from getting written over and over again.
> 
> SteveT
> 
> Steve Litt
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Keith Smith