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[–] Redditiscancer789@lemmy.world -4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Not great for an SSD either since they have finite read/writes too.

[–] LoafyLemon@kbin.social 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Solid State Drives have no read limits, only write limits.

[–] Redditiscancer789@lemmy.world -5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Oh wow that made a ton of changes to my statement! Same difference.

[–] LoafyLemon@kbin.social 6 points 1 year ago

No it's not the same. Playing games, or loading assets causes no wear for the SSD.