On 09/03/2018 04:48 AM, Richard Shaw wrote:
I'm planning on upgrading my computer to a Ryzen 5 later this
year. I
think what I'm going to do since I'm upgrading to a M.2 SSD at the same
time is:
Hi Richard,
Disclaimer: I am a Samsung re-seller.
Just some tips on that.
1) Buy a Samsung NVMe SSD drive. I have gone through hell trying
to replace everyone one with Samsung at my own expense.
Especially stay away from Intel. I took it in the shorts
over that one. Cost me a few thousand dollars of free
parts and labor to remove all of them. All but the very
oldest ones that work perfectly.
2) size you drive such that it will have 1/2 of its capacity open. This
is because there is a computer on the drive you don't know about
that is constantly moving data around so that no one spot gets
over used. It is called "wear leveling". And it work well only
if your drive is 1/2 or more empty.
3) make sure you have proper air circulation across it. They get hot
and heat is your enemy.
I have a Samsung 960 NVMe drive in my office computer. Only holy
molly it is fast! Fedora 28 takes 7 seconds to boot up after I
enter the password prompt. The 960 has been replaced with the 970.
-T