Should I remove the pagefile?

I've heard a lot of conflicting information about this. I have the Intel 320 series SSD and would appreciate any advice as to whether or not I should disable the pagefile.

From how I use my computer, my goal is to preserve the drive for as long as possible. Is it reccomended to disable the pagefile and if so, how exactly is it done?

 

if you neeeeeeed that space. otherwise, just leave it as is, like everything on a system. don't mess except if you know you need, or you just want to for the fun of it.

 

the write to page file is so tiny that it cannot have any measurable effect to the life of SSD(unless you are using 512M RAM and having memory footprint of few GB).

If you are not running out of space, just leave it as it is.

 

I suggest you to leave 50 MB of paging file and that's it. I did it... but I have HDD. No problem EVER!

Also you can try to set paging file on USB 3.0 flash drive or 2nd HDD. But USB 3.0 flash is preferable

Right click on my cpmputer - Properties - Additional - Parameters - Additional.

 

what exactly is the point of doing all that?

like the others said, just leave it as it is unless you are running out of space.

 

Put a pagefile range of 250MB to 1024MB. That way it's covered and won't occupy the same amount of space as your RAM. Even if it says 4096MB for pagefile, it's just reserved space, and not really even used, perhaps occasional writes.

 

The point is that it will not let to use paging file for something big saving lifespan but it will be used if necessary.

 

even small intel g2 and g3 40gb ssds need 155 tb of write before wear indicators goes to 1.

you dont have to worry about ssds dying to writes.

 

the effect on it will be saving you some minutes max over a years long lifetime. in short, it doesn't matter at all. saving the changes might have cost more than the actual gains.

in programming terms, that's called a premature optimisation. something that might even harm you in the long run, and definitely won't gain you anything.

 

complicated thing with no gain but pontential trouble.

Setting it to max 50M defeat the purpose of page file(other than fulfilling some brain dead programs check of existing of such thing).

Putting it on external USB means if you pull the USB accidentally or something is wrong with that part(cabling say), you whole system is in danger.

Putting page file on slower device(USB or HDD) drag down the whole system performance(if you need the page file space) which seems to counter the intend of using SSD.

 

Oh, you again... Retrained in the Сaptain Obvious? I guess there is no one here who doesn't know that pulling USB flash drive with paging file or putting it on much slower devices are bad. Maybe that is why I said that USB 3.0 is much preferable and did not mention simple thing like do not pull it off?
No, maybe that is why I chose to write about small size of paging file in the beginning and I live with such setting for LONG TIME!

I even checked how big one do I have because I thought I have 3GB instead of 50MB. It means that it gives no troubles to people like me:video rendering, games, movies, music, browsing etc.

Ok guys, is someone here who doesn't like my post not because it is against sacred Rule "Let it stay as it was" or not because every my post must be argued?

AGAIN. If you say that making paging file small is dangerous than you disagree with millions of skilled (and not very) users who does not use paging file at all because it does slower computer with HDD.
I know that it is much safer to create it very small so some program which can not work without it will work perfectly with 50MB.

The only thing is to have 6GB of RAM and more. I suppose guy with SSD has enough RAM, isn't it?

@daveperman. I will be short. If guy above you is right about 155TB than maybe even if that effect will be small in percentage but it still will give a lot in natural rate.

 

"why I said that USB 3.0 is much preferable" suggests that you don't understand what I meant so sometimes the obvious is not quite as obvious for certain people.