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Well, I tossed out USB sticks as young as 3 years young when I have heavily used it, and I tossed them out although there was no indication at all of any impending loss of data. On the other hand, I keep some USB sticks that are certainly older than 10 years if I have rarely used it.
I wish that there was more science to 'when to keep a USB stick or not' and less gut feeling of 'yes, my data is still there' if there can be such gut feeling at all, see the following.
What triggered my paranoia in this regard was a forgotten USB stick in a shirt pocket. It survived the laundry cycle, and I used it for another year or so with no problem, but it suddenly died one day
The one I mentioned, and I expect others, support SMART. On CrystalDiskInfo it shows reallocated sector count, Power Cycle Count, and 4 unspecified Vendor Specific values. The first two should be enough to determine health. Anyhow, my point is USB sticks are getting there.
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- Intel i9 13900KS 5.7-6GHz P cores/4.4GHz E/5GHz cache
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- Asus ROG Maximus Z790 Dark Hero
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- 64GB (2x32) G.skill Trident Z5 RGB 6400 @6800 MT/s 32-39-39-52
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- WDC SN850 1TB nvme, SK-Hynix 2 TB P41 nvme, Raid 0: 1TB 850 EVO + 1TB 860 EVO SSD. Sabrent USB-C DS-SC5B 5-bay docking station: 6TB WDC Black, 6TB Ironwolf Pro; 2x 2TB WDC Black
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- 850W Seasonic Vertex PX-850
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- Fractal Design North XL Mesh, Black Walnut
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- EKWB 360 Nucleus Dark AIO w/Phanteks T30-120 fans, 2 Noctua NF-A14 Chromax case fans, 3x50mm fans cooling memory
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- Glorious GMMK TKL mechanical, lubed modded -meh
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- Firefox
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- Defender, Macrium Reflect 8 ;-)
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- Runs hot. LOL
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- Apple 13" Macbook Pro 2020 (m1)
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- Apple M1
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- 2560x1600
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