SSDs / unpacking files

[Enlitence.Systems]

I'm about to take the plunge into 3 SSDs in Raid0 for those awesome transfer speeds. But I do a lot of unpacking of large files at my job and I was wondering if this will prematurely kill them? I would say about 1 6-10GB file is unpacked once a week. I know I should be using another drive to do this but it would be sad to not see such a long task in my job not benefit from these new drives.

Should I be worried about this still or are the lifespans of these drives outlast said foreseen issues?

 

[drescherjm]

Not if you get an Intel ssd. They specify that you can write 20GB per day 7 days a week for 5 years before you have to worry.

 

[Old Hippie]

I would say about 1 6-10GB file is unpacked once a week.

I easily exceed that daily.

Get the drives and don't worry about it.

 

[SicKlown42012]

My SSD has written 2.6TB of data in the last 13 months, mostly from re-imaging the OS after overclocking sessions. Even with that much data being written, the health indicator is at 78%. The concerns about SSD's limited write cycles is over-hyped, as most people will replace it due to upgrades before it hits the limit. The usage you're talking about won't come close to wearing out the drive within 5-7 years.