Which SSD: 'old' or new?

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I have two 1TB SSDs, both Crucial brand. One is a M550, the other is M500. This is more about reliability than speed, as my understanding is the M550 is the faster of the two.

The M550 is in this computer as the OS drive and has been in use for about two years. The M500 is basically new, used only a few times (it's a 'thumb drive' at the moment).

I'll be putting together a new build pretty soon and would like your advise on which drive to put in the new build: used or new?

Which ever drive I put into the new build, the other will be going into this build as I'm still going to be using it.

Thoughts? Suggestions?

Thanks!
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I'd go with M500. New is new always. :)
 

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Looks like they are both going to be used. So does it really matter which goes where.
 

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StalkeR said:
I'd go with M500. New is new always. :)
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That's kind of what I was leaning to. Being used to hard drives, I just have no idea of the duty cycle life off SSDs. So I figured using the new one would give me, theoretically anyway, two years more life.
 

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home built
OS
Win 7 Pro 64 SP1
CPU
i7 6700K SkyLake
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MSI Gaming M7
Memory
32 GB
Graphics Card(s)
nVidia GTX 970
Sound Card
onboard
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DELL U2711
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2560x1440
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1 SSD OS, 2 WD Black Caviar data harddrives
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EVGA Super Nova 850W G2 'Gold'
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whs said:
Looks like they are both going to be used. So does it really matter which goes where.
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Sorry, I guess I should have been more clear. The new build will be my everyday computer. The 'old' machine will be rarely used by comparison.
 

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PC/Desktop
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home built
OS
Win 7 Pro 64 SP1
CPU
i7 6700K SkyLake
Motherboard
MSI Gaming M7
Memory
32 GB
Graphics Card(s)
nVidia GTX 970
Sound Card
onboard
Monitor(s) Displays
DELL U2711
Screen Resolution
2560x1440
Hard Drives
1 SSD OS, 2 WD Black Caviar data harddrives
PSU
EVGA Super Nova 850W G2 'Gold'
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Thermaltake Soprano Snow Edition
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Cooler Master Hyper 212 evo
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Logitech K350
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I guess then it is the M500.
 

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The new one of course :)
 

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OK, thanks folks :) -- I'll go with the new one.
 

My Computer

Computer type
PC/Desktop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
home built
OS
Win 7 Pro 64 SP1
CPU
i7 6700K SkyLake
Motherboard
MSI Gaming M7
Memory
32 GB
Graphics Card(s)
nVidia GTX 970
Sound Card
onboard
Monitor(s) Displays
DELL U2711
Screen Resolution
2560x1440
Hard Drives
1 SSD OS, 2 WD Black Caviar data harddrives
PSU
EVGA Super Nova 850W G2 'Gold'
Case
Thermaltake Soprano Snow Edition
Cooling
Cooler Master Hyper 212 evo
Keyboard
Logitech K350
Mouse
Mad Kats RATT
Antivirus
Avast
Browser
Firefox
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