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Yes, it is always a good idea. If your drive (all SSD type of drives) get full, you are in trouble. But if you have overprovisioned it, you can still get your system to boot, by just making the boot drive a bit bigger, so it has enough free space for the boot process. Also the less stuff you have on your SSD-type of drive, the longer it will last. SSDs always try to write new stuff in blocks that has been used the least. If your drive is almost full, it is difficult to find free blocks with fewest writes. The end result is slower drive and a drive that will die faster.
EDIT: Just like @CountMike just said.
Yes they have changed the latest software quite a bit, but it can still OP your SSD drives, if you allow it too. Its a option in the software, just like before.
I don't use Windows Disk Manager, except to maybe look at what it sees.. I prefer other apps, like MiniTool Partition Wizard Pro which does anything I want. :)
I don't overprovision. I don't think the general mass needs to either; especially with a modern SSD, and the fact that it costs you storage space.
Some would find this an interesting read by Seagate - SSD Over-Provisioning And Its Benefits
Incase anyone is interested ....
EVGA Precision XOC Version 6.1.13 Released
Release: 7/27/2017
Fixes 1080 Ti FTW3 crash resulting from v6.1.12.
I have to stop reading this thread. My wife finally got me to agree to having our floors replaced throughout our entire house. I just wrote a check costing more than my last 3 computers combined. Its been a costly home year for us in past 12 months, new furnace and AC, new roof, and now new flooring. good thing I paid off the mortgage last fall.