Swap with SSDs can cause issues with hardware degradation?

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That’s frequently asked question

Swap or not?

I have 16 GB of RAM and most of the time I use only half of that. I want to install Endeavor with Plasma. Should I create a swap partition when installing? Or create a swap file later? Or neither? Please point me to some instructions on how to do whatever it is recommended that I do.

or other ones here
https://forum.endeavouros.com/search?q=ssd%20swap

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My opinion - don’t, coz there’s no need to with 16 Gb of RAM.

Swap or not?

Yes, technically any write operation = bad for SSD = each write reduce it’s lifespan. Personally i would not use swap for 8 Gb RAM, unless you need to hibernate or do something very heavy routinely… With 4 Gb i would think about it maybe