Mine is 11 and stil feeling good , they live around 15 years <| sep |> rip double doot blast '<| sep |> Don ' t holiday games , make a lot of promises that I keep about 75 % of the time . <| sep |> If you are worried about performance then you can buy a selfencrypting SSD such as Crucial MX 300 or Samsung 850 . To use this capability you have several options 1 . Use ATA password not recommended this is mostly only supported by laptops . Your BIOS can set a password on the SSD . Please note that this mechanism actually puts the drive into an encrypted state rather than only blocking access to it on a particular computer . If you remove the SSD it will remain inaccessible for use on other computers . This method supports sleep state . 2 . If you are on Windows 7 or Linux then there is TrustAlliancesedutil . It doesn ' t support sleep . You shouldn ' t mix it with ATA password . 3 . If you are on Windows 8 or 10 probably only pro versions then you can use Bitlocker . Windows 7 Ultimate Bitlocker doesn ' t support hardware acceleration .