Is this possible?

[rikona]

Hello compdoc,

Thursday, October 6, 2016, 8:05:43 AM, compdoc wrote:

>> I'd like the sys SSD to have as long a life as possible, 
>>and was hesitant to put the swap on it.

> In the beginning, people thought swap would wear out an SSD. But
> SSDs have proven to be pretty durable, and I doubt swap is any
> harder on an SSD than other types of file operations.

> The one thing I do, which is also done for you if you use the
> software that comes with some SSDs like Crucial or Samsung, is to
> leave a certain amount of space unformatted. I think this is called
> over-provisioning. 

> This is important for certain operations by the drive's controller,
> and increases the life of the drive.

I'll do that - there's going to be lots of space on even a small SSD
used only for swap. Do you know if it keeps on reallocating space? If
so, one might extend the life a lot by leaving a lot of unformatted
space. Might help?

>> Swap is currently on a HD

> I wonder if that and other modifications you’ve done to the standard
> install, or possibly even utils you’ve installed are actually
> causing your troubles. 

That is ALWAYS a good possibility... :-))

>> I can't even get 32G to work on a 970. In my *initial* 
>>looks, it seems that one has to go to ddr4 to do that, which in turn
>>requires an 1151 processor.

> Not sure I follow the reasoning behind this. You can install 32G of
> ddr3 ram in a system that supports it. I know people with systems
> that have 32G of ddr3.

I didn't explain that well. I'm considering an Intel box that might
eventually get to 64Gb, which seems to need ddr4. The 32G not working
was referring to my current/new AMD box. I was not implying one needed
to go to ddr4 to get 32G [but maybe it might help if it only uses 2
mems?].

> I think that it's important to have a matched set, though.

I'm learning that the hard way, it seems.... :-(( Along that line,
would it be strongly suggested to get the 64G as a matched set, and
not get 32, and later try to add another 32?

Thanks very much for your many suggestions and knowledge nuggets...

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 rikona