On 29/08/2017 at 13:14, Nate Bargmann wrote:

> It has a 5 year warranty and is a few bucks cheaper than a 525 GB
> Crucial MX 300 which has a 3 year warranty. Currently the lappie has a
> 250 GB spinner that is working just fine. I figure that over sizing the
> drive will help with wear leveling. I'm not sure if that is a valid
> assumption, however.

I am convinced it is. The more cells to pseudo-randomically spread writes
to, the lower the number of write operations that are performed on each one
of them.


Alessandro