tweaking for ssd

Im finally getting my ssd in a couple days, and im not sure exactly how to tweak it to minimize write operations to it. i found this program, would it suffice?
Guide SSD Tweak Utility

Is there anything else i should be doing? Do I need to optimize any other programs like firefox that would help? like disable some stuff it saves from each site like history etc?

Thanks guys

Edit: also, its a 120gb ocz vertex 2 ssd. I heard that some space is not given to me and saved from TRIM operations, do I need to partition off another section of the drive and save it just for that as ive read?

 

yes? no? maybe? so?

 

You're thinking about this too hard. Just do a clean install of Windows 7 on your SSD, and that's it. End of story. Windows 7 will take care of most everything else that needs to be done (disable Defrag, enable TRIM, etc).

You do not need to worry about partitioning some free space for garbage collection. Just use your drive.

And you do not need to worry about minimizing writes to the drive. That whole issue of limited write cycles is WAAAAY overblown. Ask yourself:

1) Drives like this are rated with guaranteed write lifecycles. Intel X25-M drives are rated to write 20GB per day, every day, for 5 years. Do you write 20GB per day? Do you own ANY drives that are 5 years old? Or are you like most performance enthusiasts, who repalce their drives before the 5-year mark for reasons like performance, capacity, or replacement of a defective part?

2) Have you ever heard of anyone, anywhere, or on any internet forum, who has a drive that has reverted to read-only mode because the drive used all of its available write cycles?


I say, just use your SSD's as a drive and don't worry about it. SSD engineers specifically designed the drives assuming that most people would do that. Yes, you can tweak all you want - but be aware that you won't notice any real-world benefit from doing that in either performance or SSD longevity.

 

Here's mine:

I do some work with video files, so my usage probably doesn't reflect the majority of people. (except perhaps someone who downloads lots of movies) Also, my SSD only has 5000 guaranteed/estimated write cycles.

However, I agree with the rest.

 

Yeah, that's a whole lot of writes. Over the past week, you average ~44GB/day written. That's pretty high, but makes absolute sense for someone using an SSD for professional purposes.

P.S. Where did you see that the Crucial M225 only has 5,000 writes? I couldn't find info on that.