Luckily, there are a few ways to monitor your SSD’s health using SMART (Self-Monitoring, Analysis, and Reporting Technology) built into storage devices and software utilities that interface with it.
I always use a second SSD for my game installs (although technically I have three other SSDs with games on, because I hate re-downloading them), and I think everyone should. It's not about performance ...
The Disk Pro comes in up to 4TB capacities and includes a built-in USB-C cable.