SSD Maintenance

What does everyone do about keeping a SSD at top performance? Found a program called Tweak SSD,does anyone use this?. Are you suppose to defrag a SSD? Thanks for any tips and info on this.
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zplugger said:

What does everyone do about keeping a SSD at top performance? Found a program called Tweak SSD,does anyone use this?. Are you suppose to defrag a SSD? Thanks for any tips and info on this.
Z

Me personally i just use trim in Windows 10, i do not let software write and erase large files often, i use a HDD for this. Do not believe there is a need for these third party tweakers.

Trim in windows? not sure what and where it is.

zplugger said:

Trim in windows? not sure what and where it is.

Right click the SSD in This PC select Properties then it would be under Tools then Optimize.

Thank You
How often do you do this?

zplugger said:

Thank You
How often do you do this?

Can schedule it as shown there in Optimization, but i tend to find out the schedule does not work at times. Matters on how you use your SSD, amounts of writes and erases. I maybe once a week to once a month.

Perfect Thanks for all the info

zplugger said:

Perfect Thanks for all the info

Your welcome, when windows knows you have a SSD it will optimize it in other ways. If have any software programs that write large files a lot use a HDD for it so it keeps the health of the SSD.

I can trim using the Windows built in trim function or the manufacturer's utility - in my case Intel SSD Toolbox or Samsung Magician for my PCs.

Which is best to use or doesn't it make any difference?