Z87X-UD3H
8GB 2666 CL11 hynix CFR
i7-4770k
w7 Ultimate x64
samsung 830 128gb
Basic question - overprovisioning increases performance (and/or reduces wear), as I understand. So why not overprovision a significant portion of your SSD?
Like if you are using 50% of your drive, why not overprovision to 51%? Because of the inconvenience of having to change that overprovision every time you added (or lost) data? So is that an issue of extremely marginal performance increase - but a performance increase nonetheless - and convenience? And even then, why not just overprovision on your 50% used drive, 55-60% (and maybe only have to change it anytime you installed a huge program, so once every few months or so).
That's really all there is to it. The rest of it is just me explaining myself so I avoid getting dumb 'you won't notice the performance boost' responses that don't answer the question at all.
I am acutely aware that these performance gains are insanely insignificant, but that's not the question here, so please no responses like that.
I've used only 40-50GB on my systems in the last ~4 years. I only play a single game (i play at a competitive level, and can say with confidence it'll be the only game I play for at least another 5 years). And that's including a 10% overprovision and 8GB reserved for Intel Rapid Start. I also regularly reinstall my OS, I'm very good about deleting stuff when done (i hate a downloads folder with things in it), and even when I do download movies, music, etc, they go somewhere else.
In about 3 years I will be adding on ~8GB for an expansion, but otherwise I will not be installing anything major anytime soon, and I haven't in the last 4 years. So, since this is how I am as a user, why not set my overprovision to ~50gb, ie over 50%?
again, before i get dumb responses about marginal returns, I am well aware of that. If it's a free performance boost, even if it's infinitesimally small, there is zero cost so why not do it if I, as a user, will never use more than 40-50GB (and in 3 years i can shrink it or i can leave ~10gb un-overprovisioned to leave room for that expansion).
Thanks. It's really a simple question, I just know I'm going to get a ton of answers saying things like it's an unnoticeable performance increase or what if you have to add more space in the future, to which I'll say it's free, and i can account for that as well as definitively say I will not be needing more space in the future.
8GB 2666 CL11 hynix CFR
i7-4770k
w7 Ultimate x64
samsung 830 128gb
Basic question - overprovisioning increases performance (and/or reduces wear), as I understand. So why not overprovision a significant portion of your SSD?
Like if you are using 50% of your drive, why not overprovision to 51%? Because of the inconvenience of having to change that overprovision every time you added (or lost) data? So is that an issue of extremely marginal performance increase - but a performance increase nonetheless - and convenience? And even then, why not just overprovision on your 50% used drive, 55-60% (and maybe only have to change it anytime you installed a huge program, so once every few months or so).
That's really all there is to it. The rest of it is just me explaining myself so I avoid getting dumb 'you won't notice the performance boost' responses that don't answer the question at all.
I am acutely aware that these performance gains are insanely insignificant, but that's not the question here, so please no responses like that.
I've used only 40-50GB on my systems in the last ~4 years. I only play a single game (i play at a competitive level, and can say with confidence it'll be the only game I play for at least another 5 years). And that's including a 10% overprovision and 8GB reserved for Intel Rapid Start. I also regularly reinstall my OS, I'm very good about deleting stuff when done (i hate a downloads folder with things in it), and even when I do download movies, music, etc, they go somewhere else.
In about 3 years I will be adding on ~8GB for an expansion, but otherwise I will not be installing anything major anytime soon, and I haven't in the last 4 years. So, since this is how I am as a user, why not set my overprovision to ~50gb, ie over 50%?
again, before i get dumb responses about marginal returns, I am well aware of that. If it's a free performance boost, even if it's infinitesimally small, there is zero cost so why not do it if I, as a user, will never use more than 40-50GB (and in 3 years i can shrink it or i can leave ~10gb un-overprovisioned to leave room for that expansion).
Thanks. It's really a simple question, I just know I'm going to get a ton of answers saying things like it's an unnoticeable performance increase or what if you have to add more space in the future, to which I'll say it's free, and i can account for that as well as definitively say I will not be needing more space in the future.