Botting on a SSD a bad idea or just unlucky?

So I'm on a dell Windows 8 machine installed on an SSD along with WoW. I recently started running 3 bots on a duel-monitor setup, it certainly kicked up the resources required on the system. It was requiring most of my ram but the CPU % wasn't nearly as high. The machine has been running fine for nearly 1.5years now, been running the 3 bots for about 2-3 weeks now.

I woke up this morning and one of my hb windows was locked up but oddly enough it would not close. Even ctrl atl del wouldn't come up or even try to open. So I manually shut down and upon restart the system booted extremely slow, took multiple minutes. Once the os loaded I saved a bunch of files to flash and tried to run WoW, it would begin with the blizz net connecting window but beyond that this action clearly locked up the pc and wow will not start. Shut down, restart again and now OS won't come up and now "preparing automatic repair" has been displayed for the past 20mins with no progress.

So, I know about reliabiliity issues of SSDs, is that the mistake I made here? Should I not run WoW or even a OS for botting purposes off a SSD, or was this SSD just bound to go bad? again the pc has been running fine for 1.5 years off the SSD.


Also, had a question about reformatting. On the pc I have the SSD and a regular hard-disk drive(call it drive B) that has no essential OS files on it. If I install a new HD to replace the SSD and install windows on it, the pc will recognize my previous hard-drive(drive B) without having to reformat it right?

thanks for help and taking time to read

 

Well you cant necessarily point the blame at the ssd straight away. Your windows could of installed updates which went bad or a number of other factors (Happened to me before).

However, did you turn off logging ? If you didnt that would cause more io and degrade the life of your ssd.

I have botted on my pc which has had an ssd for around 3-4 years now and touch wood, its still running strong but i have logging turned off

 

Honestly, I'd say the SSD is potentially faulty. I've botted on mine for hours a day for the past year I've had an SSD & it's been fine.

-Grim

 

I agree with most that was already responded to the OP. To put a cherry on top from an I.T. perspective; not sure how savvy you are with computers but this is not highly technical stuff so maybe you'll understand.

My recommendation is to have more than an SSD in your computer. Personal preference from an I.T. professional perspective:
I find that an SSD for the OS and boot up times is fantastic, but outside of that there is very little noticeable improvement over a HDD. If you end up needing a new SSD, I suggest buying an HDD as well, load Windows on the SSD. Use the HDD for everything else, all your installs, programs, porn, whatever it is you like. You can set your HDD as the default location for all new software installs or do it manually each time you download/install something.

SSDs aren't really less reliable than a HDD but the major draw back is that SSDs give little to no sign that they are about to go bad and unless you regularly back up your stuff you might lose things that you have to go out of your way to get again.

 

You seems to need hardware service for your machine. Unless you are professional hardware technician or at least experienced enthusiast, I strongly recommend you to use appropriate support.

The problem you described could be related to hardware problem with your SSD, software problem on your OS Windows 8 or simply some maintanance stuff, which could be fixed in less than 5min, it just needs professional attention!

 

2 of my SSD's have died in about 1.5-2 years. I just keep buying another one. Bot / Play 40ish hours a week.

I just don't they are as reliable...

 

never had issue with any of my ssd's

currently botting on one right now - perfectly fine - just bad luck imo

 

I'm using Intel SSDs on couple of machines (laptops, workstations, servers) and average lifetime is around 2-4 years, really depends on I/O and total reads/writes - anyway, just keep backups and once it stop working, just buy new one..based on my experience, lifetime is shorter then on classics HDD..

 

ive been botting strong for a couple years on my ssd, currently looking for someone who might trade gold for a new, larger ssd, lawl.

 

/facepalm

 

thanks for all the feedback guys.

I'm starting to think too that a DELL pc case isn't exactly suited for ventilation so I'm sure it was running hot. Either way, thanks for all the info everybody!

 

Heat can be an issue, but wow is pretty good with heat and CPU /GPU usage. Find a monitor app like speedfan or a GPU monitor that shows heat over time.

You ideally want the CPU to be 45'c/110'f at most, but it depends on the idle temperature and the highest temperature range. GPU gets a lot hotter, around 70'c to 90'c.

Heat, creates throttle and shutdown problems. If it's a dilemma because of the Dell case, you might need a cpu cooler that can fit, or be attached to the fan bracket, like the Corsair H80 water cooling loop. Have a look for other people with the same case and what they have chosen for their cooling options, thermalright, noctua, and corsair have a higher price but better performance CPU /HSF coolers

As for the SSD problems, if the system doesn't shutdown cleanly, Windows will perform a checkdisk command before starting up.

In terms of a professional repair, they check the system logs, run maintenance software to remove startup apps, check services and edit the startup sequence to determine if it's a software problem or a hardware one.

It's might be a glitch in the wow Config that causes slowdown or problems loading wow, the Config.Wtf can also play havoc.

A wow repair shouldn't be dismissed, but backup your settings into a .zip file or a different folder before the repair.

 

I've had intel ssd's since ssd's were a thing. They still work.

Cheers.

 

yeah i'm thinking if it was or is my SSD it was either bad luck or my stress on it. For whatever reason, with just 3 bots my cpu % and memory % were very high. I always figured it was windows 8 mainly + i'd run the 3 bots on one monitor and browse on the other.

I'm not against taking it in for repair, I just like fixing things myself. I got a backup pc running already so not in a huge hurry. PC now goes to an error screen on boot then a "preparing diagnostic repair" thing comes up but never moves on. I'm thinking I'm going to unplug the SSD, plug in a new HD and go from there.