exactly :/ all he needs to do is just leave the machine alone for an hour or two during weekends. (with his usage he doesn't even need to leave the machine that long)

if you're w8/8.x it's ok to do that, since these versions of windows already can differentiate which is ssd and which is hdd, and do the right job to each of them (for ssd's it's the issuance of trim command; for hdd it's defrag)

however for w7, it's best to turn the scheduler off.

you can check the total host writes and/or total nand writes (depending on ssd brand) using crystal diskinfo and compare it to the advertised tbw of that ssd, (terabytes written; usually 72tb). this is just to get some rough ideas of your ssd usage.

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hehe right

for common usage, with minor adjustments of use (e.g. ramdisk for user temp folders, web caches; hdd for downloads and storage), even consumer ssd's will likely last you for a few years. (assuming other parts of the ssd still work fine, that is)

electronics never work well with brute force