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Verbaue now since 2010. SSD's. It all started with the Intel G2 Postville 80GB. This has, according to Intel SSD Toolbox continues to be 100% of its life and no SMART parameters step out of line. At that time there were in the Intel the slightest return rate, which speaks for Intel quality. The Crucial I have now installed in various sizes several times. So far, everyone is happy and satisfied with the SSD's. Here tidy Intel / Micron memory with a Marvell controller is combined Personally I like much better than controllers SandForce or billigster TLC memory from Samsung, which is significantly worse than the durable MLC memory from Micron. The SSD is on any speed records, but does not matter. But it is more robust and less vulnerable. And let's face it, if a program is started within 2 or 3 seconds, is now really uninteresting. Compared to a hard drive are the huge differences. Used as a system disk is anyway hardly written to the SSD. Sorry, no software is included for verification and optimization of SSD. So I subtract one point. Under Vista, it is not recommended 100% due to missing Trimunterstützung thus because only Windows 7 includes support for Trim.

Updated on 02/04/2014

Who has no plan, at least should not Bad.
Who has experience with SSD's, know what I mean. Speed ​​is one thing, durability and reliability the other. Anyone googling, also sees that TLC memory from Samsung is less durable, easily the technology, as MLC memory. SandForce controller have made in the past for data loss and frequent firmware updates. An excellent example for OCZ, although a speed record after another occupied, but also the most complaints. Googling helps here as well. SandForce controllers reach their speed even when many files can be compressed as well as possible, but this also has its limits. JPG pictures, the acceleration would be low, because the compression has already occurred when saving the image. A software like Intel's Toolbox helps well if the Trimkommando is not supported by the operating system, because it can trigger the process via the software. Trim = identification of freed memory, ultimately accelerated writing. The write rate of a SSD is not so important because used as a system disk, is hardly written on it. For installation and cloning I have to write anything so well. The have already written other. I use Acronis. Does not run great differently as a hard drive. It should first be cleaned up so that the space is sufficient. A recommendation of the manufacturer is the way to have 10-20% of the storage space of a SSD unassigned because always enough free blocks are then available, and write performance remains stable above. Again, you can google for. What can happen after cloning, is the damage by using Windows Update, will from time to time before. Tools like winupdrestore! V28.exe help repair. As for the speed of an SSD, often faster than hard drive anyway. Whether 550 MB / s or 450 MB / s, which nobody notices more at speed. All programs are loaded in no time.

Do not want, here are all the instructions from the net to link. Before anyone here badly rated, he can once add a comment to the I answer guaranteed.

And love Amazon customers, Samsung and Apple also cook only with water!

Updated on 08/02/2014

Links are not allowed, I've noticed, eg according to "How to Hold the high-tech hard drive 8x longer" looking.

There are also further tips and tutorials on the net, but that limit already features in Windows and in my experience are not necessary. Tools such as the Intel Toolbox make similar proposals and put this also just around.
When used as a system disk SSD will last forever, as the flash memory is only slightly stressed, technological reasons, is only writing the problem.