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Originally Posted by twitchyzero
are there any maintenance needed for SSD to keep its optimal speeds?
ie defragging for HDDs
AHCI enabled so I assume TRIM is automatically working x64 win8
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As long as TRIM works properly, there's nothing more to do. If you want to force TRIM a file you are deleting, force delete it rather than sending it to the recycle bin. This trims the spare area that the file took up, allowing for faster writes to that space. I tend to only use the recycle bin for files I MIGHT need to undelete... things like shows I watch, etc, get force deleted.
You can TRIM manually in Windows 8, by running "Defrag and Optimize Drive". Select the drive, and it will TRIM the empty space. The more empty space there is, the faster your drive will run. Some drives are more affected by this (Samsung 830, Crucial m4, drives with asynchronous MLC) than others (SandForce drives, Vector)
So in theory, it does help to keep as much space on the drive as possible. So disabling things like system restore, not using hibernate, keeping the recycle bin empty, etc, will all help with speed as well as space. Just don't go moving stuff OFF the SSD that would benefit you, because that defeats the purpose of having an SSD in the first place
For Win7 there are manual trim apps out there like
ForceTRIM (didn't check link but that's the first result in google)