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ronch wrote:Ok guys, I just got and installed my Samsung 840 EVO 250GB and I've been reading up about SSDs as I familiarize myself with mine. I've been a bit worried about what a sudden power failure would do to an SSD and I came across this article, which tells about the horrors of SSDs failing after power failures. Where I live everything sucks and sudden power failures are not uncommon. And after spending a bundle on my new SSD I'm hesitant to buy a UPS. What do you guys think?
ronch wrote:I came across this article
chuckula wrote:A UPS is always a good idea for multiple reasons, so I'd go down that route and look into hooking your PC up to the UPS via USB so that the PC can safely shut itself down if there is an extended power outage.
ronch wrote:Ok guys, I just got and installed my Samsung 840 EVO 250GB and I've been reading up about SSDs as I familiarize myself with mine. I've been a bit worried about what a sudden power failure would do to an SSD and I came across this article, which tells about the horrors of SSDs failing after power failures. Where I live everything sucks and sudden power failures are not uncommon. And after spending a bundle on my new SSD I'm hesitant to buy a UPS. What do you guys think?
Captain Ned wrote:Saved my bacon twice during the recent ice storm.
steelcity_ballin wrote:Not that a UPS isn't a good idea, but I've had animals yank the power on my PC, storms knock power out, etc and no worse for wear on a 3+ year old OCZ Vertex.
ronch wrote:840 EVO
Captain Ned wrote:chuckula wrote:A UPS is always a good idea for multiple reasons, so I'd go down that route and look into hooking your PC up to the UPS via USB so that the PC can safely shut itself down if there is an extended power outage.
Saved my bacon twice during the recent ice storm.
steelcity_ballin wrote:Not that a UPS isn't a good idea, but I've had animals yank the power on my PC, storms knock power out, etc and no worse for wear on a 3+ year old OCZ Vertex.
Phaydren wrote:ronch wrote:840 EVO
This is the primary reason I would invest in a good UPS in this situation, although all the preceding comments are also quite valid.
If you make use of the ram caching feature from the EVO range and the power goes, anything in ram is susceptible to loss.
Deanjo wrote:Operating a desktop without a UPS is equivalent to playing Russian Roulette with your data. Eventually you will find that loaded chamber. That being said, I see a ton of UPS's being used out there being used without any UPS monitoring being used on the OS which is almost as bad.