...True. SSDs don't need to be defragged. It's the way they roll. It's a chip, actually about 6 or more memory chips on a board withen a piece of plastic or metal casing. That's all an SSD is...
Not quite. SSDs do become fragmented but the controller can handle it far better than HDDs. However, if they become fragmented enough (20% or more), they will need defragging. However, it takes a while for them to reach that point, if they ever even get there. I've had to defrag only one SSD (and I have 31 currently in use) and that was after over two years of operation 24/7 on a 128GB boot drive. Larger drives usually take far longer before they need defragging, again, if ever. You do have to chck the amount of fragmentation in Win 7 (and keep automatic defragging turned off), may once a year (or, if you are really paranoid, twice a year). Win 8.1 and (shudder) 10 will manage everything on their own.
Also, there is far more to SSDs than memory chips, aka NAND chips. There is the controller chip (sometimes more than one), DRAM cache chip (in better SSDs), and (again, in better SSDs) backup power batteries and capacitors.
My Computer
- Computer type
- PC/Desktop
- Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
- Custom Build
- OS
- Win 7 Ultimate 64 bit
- CPU
- Intel i7-3930K
- Motherboard
- ASUS P9X79 WS
- Memory
- Kingston HyperX Genesis 32GB Kit (8x4GB Modules) 1600MHz DDR
- Graphics Card(s)
- MSI R7850 Twin Frozr 2GD5/OC Radeon HD 7850 2GB 256-bit GDDR
- Sound Card
- Asus Xonar Essence STX
- Monitor(s) Displays
- 3x Asus VG248QE 24", Vizio 32" TV
- Screen Resolution
- 1920 x 1080, ?
- Hard Drives
- Samsung 128GB 840 Pro SSD (1),
Samsung 4TB 850 EVO SSDs (4)
Samsung 4TB 850 EVO SSDs (16) external backup drives used in 2.5" hot swap bays in the computer.
- PSU
- Corsair HX750w
- Case
- Antec Two Hundred v2 (modified)
- Cooling
- Cooler Master GeminII S524 120mm (fan replaced with a 140mm)
- Keyboard
- Logitech G510s
- Mouse
- Logitech M525 (two in use)
- Internet Speed
- =< 32Mbps down, 8Mbps up
- Antivirus
- AVAST!, MBAM, SAS, Spybot S&D (all but MBAM free) Glary Util
- Browser
- IE11
- Other Info
- LSI 9211-8i HBA card (8 SATA III ports), 2.5" & 3.5" Hot Swap Bays, HooToo HT-CR001 PCI-E to USB 3.0 Internal Hub + 6 Slot Card Reader, and LG Model CH12LS28 BD-ROM Optical Drive. Also, ScanSnap S1500 ADF duplexing scanner, Canon 9000F flat bed scanner, Corsair SP2500 2.1 speakers, Samsung CLP 415nw laser color printer, Cyberpower PP2200SW UPS