I have a couple of questions on this topic. I found the Intel presentation interesting.

Question:

-Is it just the writes that degrade an SSD over time? What about reads?

-Does creating a smaller partition (increasing the spare area) increase performance also?



I am using the SSD as a boot drive and for running my main applications. I have all of my media (documents, pictures, music, video, etc) on a HDD.

Question:

-Would creating a smaller partition on my SSD given how I am using it be of any significant benefit?