9.67GB Free Space Left On 250gb SSD....

[paingineerr]

hello everyone! there is only 9.67gb free space left on my 250gb samsung 860evo ssd and that blue line on local disk logo turned into red.

Is it bad to keep using like this?

can i keep like this as long as i dont face something wrong?

[愛と愛]

Цитата допису Paingineer:

hello everyone! there is only 9.67gb free space left on my 250gb samsung 860evo ssd and that blue line on local disk logo turned into red.

Is it bad to keep using like this?

can i keep like this as long as i dont face something wrong?

Nah it is safe I have 7 GB on my 180 GB SSD had boot and game it was red tho. then decreased my page file to get more empty place of programs.

[vesterkjaer]

If you fill up an SSD completely (or nearly completely) you run the risk of decreasing the lifespan by, maybe a couple of months. The reasons why are really technical, so iwon't get into them here. I would recommend at least 10% free space on any SSD you may have, so you don't run the risk. But that's up to you.

[anrkyuk]

I am unsure of vesterkjaer's logic that it will shorten the lifespan of the drive... what it will do, if it is the OS drive is potentially slow your machine down. Windows (and some programs) need free drive space for temp files and cache, as such it is advised to keep 10% of the drive free for this purpose.

What will reduce the life of the drive is overfrequent installation and removal of files / programs.

[vesterkjaer]

Цитата допису anrkyuk:

I am unsure of vesterkjaer's logic that it will shorten the lifespan of the drive... what it will do, if it is the OS drive is potentially slow your machine down. Windows (and some programs) need free drive space for temp files and cache, as such it is advised to keep 10% of the drive free for this purpose.

What will reduce the life of the drive is overfrequent installation and removal of files / programs.

I found the video i thought of. It goes into the specifics of how an SSD works.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-XZNr7mS0iw
It explains my point

[paingineerr]

thank u all for the support guys.
i will try to open up some space when i got another one

[meheezen]

it is aways a good practice to have some free space on any disk.
1- the fewer space you have, the more fragmentation (don't come with the BS that SSD isn't affected by fragmentation plz)
2- few space left on SSD means the same few blocks will be constantly re-written and will decrease its life span (eventho lots of SSDs nowadays have quite some sparse blocks, it is still good a practice to avoid)

[tacoshy]

Цитата допису vesterkjaer:

I found the video i thought of. It goes into the specifics of how an SSD works.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-XZNr7mS0iw
It explains my point

It's still BS for multiple reasons. First you dont wear out more TBW when your drive is nearly full. Besides that is not what the video tells. On the other hand you not overprovisioning it be default and 3rd you have so much TBW on any newer SSD that even udner heavy non professional work it will be enough for 40-50 years. if you drain out a couple month nobody would care. a couple month of 40-50 years life expectency is still longer then anybody would keep such a SSD.

[[☥] - CJ -]

If this is your OS SSD, you can do a disk cleanup and clear your system restore points to regain space

Having such a low amount of free space can cause problems if its the OS drive

If the drive is Not your OS Drive, then the only issue would be if any game updates require more space than whats available.

[my new friend]

Цитата допису ☥ - CJ -:

If the drive is Not your OS Drive, then the only issue would be if any game updates require more space than whats available.

That is ok if you have another drive with a linked Steam folder on it.

[paingineerr]

Цитата допису ☥ - CJ -:

If this is your OS SSD, you can do a disk cleanup and clear your system restore points to regain space

Having such a low amount of free space can cause problems if its the OS drive

If the drive is Not your OS Drive, then the only issue would be if any game updates require more space than whats available.

Actually its my OS drive... :/

Цитата допису tacoshy:

Цитата допису vesterkjaer:

I found the video i thought of. It goes into the specifics of how an SSD works.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-XZNr7mS0iw
It explains my point

It's still BS for multiple reasons. First you dont wear out more TBW when your drive is nearly full. Besides that is not what the video tells. On the other hand you not overprovisioning it be default and 3rd you have so much TBW on any newer SSD that even udner heavy non professional work it will be enough for 40-50 years. if you drain out a couple month nobody would care. a couple month of 40-50 years life expectency is still longer then anybody would keep such a SSD.

Thanks for being helpful!

[[☥] - CJ -]

Then id free up some space if you havent already done what i suggested

OS SSD's have a point that should not be reached when it comes to low space

You should always try to have more, not just for games but for Windows Updates as well, never know how big they'll be, low space can cause install issues for them.

[Bad 💀 Motha]

OS SSD like this, always keep 30-40GB free at all times.

You can't go by that "keep 10-15% free" non-sense; you have to go by a simple factor of space overall; doesn't matter if it's a 120GB or 2TB; you need at least 30GB free if it's an OS drive. Now for temporary needs, sure you moving things around, testing games, etc. You can go lower than this, but at the end of the day, you WILL require at least 30GB free so the OS can defrag, handle updates, etc. Even though you don't use traditional defrag on SSD, it still needs that room to actually consider it enough to be able to properly move files physically around on the drive, re-build them, etc.

As for the PageFile, just wipe that out entirely by setting it to NONE on C Drive. Then click OK in those 2 windows and then reboot the OS. Then run Disk Defrag and Optimize the drive. When done go and set the PageFile to a safe Min & Max that won't ever change. Like 8192, that is a large enough PageFile for pretty much any typical user's PC or a Gaming PC. The only folks who may need a larger PageFile are pro-workstations

[paingineerr]

Цитата допису Bad_Motha:

OS SSD like this, always keep 30-40GB free at all times.

You can't go by that "keep 10-15% free" non-sense; you have to go by a simple factor of space overall; doesn't matter if it's a 120GB or 2TB; you need at least 30GB free if it's an OS drive. Now for temporary needs, sure you moving things around, testing games, etc. You can go lower than this, but at the end of the day, you WILL require at least 30GB free so the OS can defrag, handle updates, etc. Even though you don't use traditional defrag on SSD, it still needs that room to actually consider it enough to be able to properly move files physically around on the drive, re-build them, etc.

As for the PageFile, just wipe that out entirely by setting it to NONE on C Drive. Then click OK in those 2 windows and then reboot the OS. Then run Disk Defrag and Optimize the drive. When done go and set the PageFile to a safe Min & Max that won't ever change. Like 8192, that is a large enough PageFile for pretty much any typical user's PC or a Gaming PC. The only folks who may need a larger PageFile are pro-workstations

B.... but... but my games.... :((

Thanks for the info btw!

[vesterkjaer]

Цитата допису tacoshy:

Цитата допису vesterkjaer:

I found the video i thought of. It goes into the specifics of how an SSD works.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-XZNr7mS0iw
It explains my point

It's still BS for multiple reasons. First you dont wear out more TBW when your drive is nearly full. Besides that is not what the video tells. On the other hand you not overprovisioning it be default and 3rd you have so much TBW on any newer SSD that even udner heavy non professional work it will be enough for 40-50 years. if you drain out a couple month nobody would care. a couple month of 40-50 years life expectency is still longer then anybody would keep such a SSD.

I have sverely misundersttod the video then. Thanks for pointing it out for me.

[Bad 💀 Motha]

You don't all games on an SSD. Having most of those on a 7200rpm HDD will work just fine.